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The rituals of four-day Chhath, the great festival of folk faith, started on Saturday with bathing in Sarvartha Siddhi and Shobhan Yoga. Today, Sunday (26 October), on the second day of Chhath Puja, devotees will keep fast for the whole day in Kharna. Many leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah have extended best wishes for Chhath.
PM Modi posted on Instagram today and wished everyone a happy Kharna Puja of the great festival Chhath. He respectfully saluted all the fasting people. PM Modi said that on this auspicious occasion, a symbol of reverence and restraint, there has been a tradition of receiving satvik prasad along with kheer prepared from jaggery. I wish that Chhathi Maiya gives her blessings to everyone on this ritual.
Best wishes to all of you for the great festival of Chhath, Kharna Puja. Regards to all the fasting people! On this auspicious occasion, a symbol of reverence and restraint, there has been a tradition of taking kheer prepared from jaggery along with Satvik Prasad. I wish that Chhathi Maiya gives her blessings to everyone on this ritual.…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 26, 2025
PM Modi can participate in Chhath Puja program
Chhath festival is also celebrated in the country’s capital Delhi. According to information received from sources, PM Modi can go to Vasudev Ghat on Tuesday to participate in Chhath Puja programs. Earlier last month also, PM Modi had participated in Durga Puja at Chittaranjan Park in South Delhi on the day of Maha Ashtami.
‘Kharna’ has a very sacred significance in Chhath Puja. The fast, worship and worship of Chhathi Maiya begins with ‘Kharna’.
May this auspicious occasion become a medium of well-being in the lives of all of you. pic.twitter.com/zoumdAzRWY
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) October 26, 2025
Amit Shah wished Chhath
Union Home Minister Amit Shah posted on Twitter that ‘Kharna’ has a very sacred significance in Chhath Puja. The fast, worship and worship of Chhathi Maiya begins with ‘Kharna’. May this auspicious occasion become a medium of well-being in the lives of all of you.
Let us tell you that on Kartik Shukla Panchami i.e. today Sunday, in Lohanda (Kharna), the devotees will fast for the whole day and do puja in the evening and receive Prasad. Along with this, the devotees will take a pledge of fasting without water for 36 hours. Prasad of Kharna: Vrati will make kheer and roti with mango wood on earthen stove. On Monday evening, the fasting person will offer Arghya to the setting sun. Let us tell you that Kharna Prasad is the last satvik food of the fasting people, which prepares the mind and body for penance.
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