{"id":438822,"date":"2026-11-15T22:22:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T16:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=438822"},"modified":"2026-11-15T22:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T16:37:49","slug":"chhath-festival-celebrated-with-offerings-to-setting-sun-in-sunsari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/11\/15\/438822.html","title":{"rendered":"Chhath festival celebrated with offerings to setting sun in Sunsari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunsari: <\/strong>The Chhath festival was celebrated with religious fervour and enthusiasm in various parts of Sunsari district on Sunday, with devotees gathering at different water bodies to offer prayers and traditional offerings to the setting sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/chhath-768x440-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/chhath-768x440-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/chhath-768x440-1-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devotees thronged ponds, rivers, streams and other water bodies, including Budhiganga-Jamuna Muktidham in Itahari, the Saptakoshi River, Rajabas in Barahakshetra, Sardu, Seuti, Sunsari and Budhikhola streams in Dharan and the Jhumka-Chatara canal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These sites were beautifully decorated with flowers, lights and colourful arrangements for the festival. Carrying traditional offerings in bamboo baskets and other containers, devotees gathered along the riverbanks and ponds to perform rituals. Offerings included thekua, bhuswa, sugarcane, coconuts, bananas and other seasonal fruits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Budhiganga-Jamuna Muktidham Management Committee Chairperson Basudev Karn, collective celebrations have been organised at the site for the past 36 years. He observed that devotees from various districts had also joined the celebrations this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Around 100 volunteers were mobilised through 10 subcommittees to manage the event, including security and traffic arrangements, he informed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, Brahman Samaj Sunsari Chairperson Basudev Baral said Chhath, traditionally celebrated mainly by the Maithili and Bhojpuri communities, had gradually evolved into a festival promoting social harmony and unity, with people from other communities also joining the celebrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Observed over four days through various rituals and traditions, the festival will conclude on Monday morning after devotees offer prayers and traditional offerings to the rising sun. Chhath begins on the fourth day of the waxing moon in the lunar month of Kartik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunsari: The Chhath festival was celebrated with religious fervour and enthusiasm in various parts of Sunsari district on Sunday, with devotees gathering at different water bodies to offer prayers and traditional offerings to the setting sun. Devotees thronged ponds, rivers, streams and other water bodies, including Budhiganga-Jamuna Muktidham in Itahari, the Saptakoshi River, Rajabas in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":393809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-438822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438823,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438822\/revisions\/438823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438822"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=438822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}