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Chhath Puja Vrat Katha: The great festival of folk faith, Chhath, has started from today. Today is the first day of Chhath Puja i.e. Nahay-Khay, this great festival will continue for four days. This great festival will end after offering Ardha to the rising Sun on 28th October.

As you know that the great festival of Chhath is a wonderful confluence of faith and discipline. During this period, Nirjala fast is observed along with worshiping Chhathi Maiya and Surya Dev. According to the scriptures, the story of Chhath fast should be heard or read during the worship of Chhathi Maiya in the evening on the day of Sandhya Arghya.

It is said that the fast is not complete without listening or reading the story of Chhath fast. Reading or listening to stories during Chhath fast brings auspicious results. In such a situation, let us know about the fasting story of Chhath Puja-

The story of Chhath fast is mandatory during the worship of Chhathi Maiya.

According to the legend, in ancient times there used to be a king named Priyamvad. The king had no children. Because of this he and his wife felt sad. The king and his queen Malini had tried many measures to have a child, but every time they were disappointed. One day the king along with his queen reached Maharishi Kashyap.

Maharishi Kashyap organized a yagya to fulfill the wish of the king and queen to have a child. A kheer was made to be offered in the yagya. Kheer was sacrificed in the yagya. After this, the kheer that was left was given to the queen to eat.

The queen ate the kheer. It is said that the queen became pregnant due to the effect of kheer. After some time they had a son, but he was dead. Seeing this the king and queen were very sad.

After this, the king took the body of his dead son to the cremation ground. At the cremation ground, the king decided that he too would sacrifice his life. As soon as this thought came to the king’s mind, a goddess appeared before him.

The goddess who appeared before the king Lord Brahma Manas was the daughter of. King Priyamvad asked who he was? On this the Goddess told that she was born from the sixth part of the basic nature of the universe and her name is Shashthi.

The goddess asked the king to worship her and inspire others to do the same. The goddess told the king that by doing this he would be freed from this sorrow. After this, the king, wishing to have a son, observed a fast on Goddess Shashthi and a son was born to him. Since then Shashthi i.e. Chhathi Maiya is being worshipped.