It is mainly a festival of Poorvanchalis (people from Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand) settled in Delhi.
November 11, 2021To ensure low attendance these volunteers will allow groups of not more than five at a time. Chhath Puja committee members share how they plan to implement these rules.
November 10, 2021In his greetings to fellow citizens on the eve of Chhath Puja, he said this is one of the oldest festivals celebrated in the country.
November 9, 2021Delhi has around 1,100 designated sites, most of them located on the banks of Yamuna, for Chhath Puja celebrations.
October 27, 2021Union minister of housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri will inaugurate the vaccination campaign from Kadipur near Burari on Tuesday.
October 26, 2021He also urged that leaders of other parties should instead join the efforts of the Delhi government in raising awareness about the risks involved of the coronavirus infection if people in large numbers enter into water bodies.
October 3, 2021On Chhath Puja, there has been a tradition of people worshipping son God and also offering reverence & gratitude to Mother Nature by veneration of rivers, ponds and other sources of water.
November 19, 2020The Calcutta High Court had reiterated an order by the National Green Tribunal in 2018 banning Chath Puja in closed water bodies to keep them pollution free
November 19, 2020According to Bipin Bihari Gupta, the former president and a member of the Sri Sri Lal Mohan Moulik Niranjan Ghat puja committee, rivers flowing in the town are not in a state of being worshipped anymore.
November 6, 2019The environmentalists who have constantly been putting all the blame on us, must realise first, that running to a court of law and flashing court orders does not bring awareness among people. We had done massive awareness campaigns which indeed showed results but none of these environmenta lists ever thought of even joining us for the campaigns: Mayor Firhad Hakim.
November 6, 2019The damage to the biodiversity comes after two days, when a large number of puja revellers broke the locks of the gates of Rabindra Sarobar and trooped inside the lake.
November 5, 2019On Saturday, the actor took to his official Instagram handle to share a picture of him watching people doing the puja.
November 3, 2019The National Green Tribunal in a directive to the West Bengal government on 14 October had directed it to ensure that there is no violation of its 2017 order banning any ritual for Chhath Puja or other festivals in the Rabindra Sarobar lake.
November 3, 2019Here is the puja vidhi that one must follow during the sacred festival.
November 2, 2019On the occasion of Chhath Puja, here are wishes, greetings, quotes, Whatsapp status, messages that one can share with their loved ones and enjoy the festival.
November 2, 2019"Sanitation and repair work of the roads leading to these ghats and surrounding areas should be completed before the Chhath Puja," Tiwari stated in his letter to the three mayors.
October 27, 2019Around 30,000 devotees have been observing Chhath rituals in Rabindra Sarovar for the last few years.
October 22, 2019