Chhath Puja Government Holiday: Which cities have Chhath festival and where not? Read to know- Story

The four-day Mahaparva Chhath (Chhath Parv) of Lok Aastha has started. The Chhath festival started on Wednesday from Nahay Khay. Now, on November 19, Kharna or Lohanda will be celebrated. Chhath Mahaparva is being celebrated all over the country including Delhi-NCR. Meanwhile, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has declared a holiday on Chhath Mahaparva on 20 November. Along with this, the Uttar Pradesh government has also declared a holiday on 20 November. At the same time, the Haryana government has not declared a public holiday on Chhath festival this time as before. Let us know in which cities of NCR will there be a holiday on November 20 on Chhath festival?

• Delhi (declared holiday)
• Noida (declared holiday)
• Greater Noida (declared holiday)
• Ghaziabad (declared holiday)
• Faridabad (No holiday declared)
• Sonepat (holiday not declared)
• Gurugram (no holiday declared)
• Rewari (holiday not declared)
• Narnaul (not declared a holiday)
• Mahendragarh (No holiday declared)
• Palwal (No holiday declared)

Delhi is a public holiday, but festivals are not celebrated

The Delhi government had declared a holiday on Chhath Mahaparva on Tuesday, but due to increasing cases of corona virus infection, people have appealed to celebrate the festival at home. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court has refused permission to celebrate Chhath Puja at public places like ponds and river banks in view of Kovid-19. The High Court has said in its order on Tuesday that if it stays alive, we will celebrate the festival anytime. At the moment, we cannot approve it.

The festival is being celebrated in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad

At the same time, Chhath festival is being observed with vigilance in Noida and Greater Noida adjacent to Delhi. Kartik Mass Shukla Paksha Shashthi is on 20 November this time. Most of the people are planning to perform Chhath Puja in society and houses instead of Ghats.

This is how festivals are celebrated

The four-day Chhath has started from Wednesday. In this, people live an entire 36 hours. It is battered on Wednesday. On Wednesday, people bathed and cleaned the house and consumed pure food made in rock salt. Chhath festival will be purchased on the day of bathing. Thereafter Kharna will be done on 19 November. In this, after fasting for the entire day, Nirjala will consume jaggery kheer and roti or puri in the evening. Then there is Chhath Vrat on 20 November, in which, after staying waterless for the whole day, in the evening, I will give peace to the Sun God and on 21 November, I will give fast to the Sun by observing fast. With this, this festival will come to an end.