Chhath Puja 2025: Why do women apply vermillion till their nose on Chhath Puja? Know the religious importance of applying vermilion

This year the festival of Chhath will be celebrated from 25 to 28 October. Chhath Puja is a rigorous and spiritual festival of four days dedicated to Sun God and Chhathi Maiya. During this time, devotees worship the Sun, in which Arghya is offered to the setting and rising sun. This festival is celebrated on the sixth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Kartik. Which is celebrated for the happiness, prosperity and longevity of children.

Chhath Mahaparva is the only festival in the whole world in which the setting sun is also worshipped. During Chhath festival, you must have seen that married women apply vermillion till their nose. Have you ever wondered why married women apply vermillion till their nose? So let us know why married women apply vermillion from their nose to their forehead on Chhath festival? Know its religious significance.

According to religious beliefs, there is a reason behind women applying vermillion from nose to forehead. It is believed that married women apply vermilion on their nose to pray for the long life of their husband. It is believed that those women who do this, their husbands live longer and live longer.

On the festival of Chhath, women apply vermillion from nose to forehead so that their husbands can live longer and their respect and prestige in the society increases. There is a religious belief that the husbands of women who hide vermilion hide themselves in the society and are unable to progress. Not only this, by not applying vermilion, the lifespan of her husband also gets reduced. For this reason, during Chhath Puja, women apply vermillion from nose to forehead. Women also express their love and respect for their husbands by applying vermilion.

Sindoor is considered a symbol of marriage and filling it up to the nose during Chhath Puja protects the marriage and increases the lineage.

In Chhath Puja, applying vermillion from nose to forehead is considered a symbol of protection of the married life and long life of the husband as well as happiness and prosperity in the family. It is believed that the longer the vermillion, the longer will be the life of the husband and there will be happiness in the family. It is also a symbol of marriage, dedication and respect.