chhath puja story
Chhath Puja Story 2025: The great festival of Chhath is going on. This great festival is dedicated to Lord Surya and Chhathi Maiya. Today is the second day of this great festival. Have to eat today. Arghya will be offered to the setting sun tomorrow. On the fourth day i.e. the last day, Arghya will be offered to the rising sun, after which this great festival will conclude. Many legends and stories are popular regarding this great festival. A story of this great festival is also related to Surya’s son Karna.
Karna is counted among the great warriors of Mahabharata. Even today people take inspiration from Karna’s bravery, charity and faith in religion. Karna was the son of Suryadev. Mother Kunti had chanted the mantras of Sun God. Mother Kunti gave birth to Karna by chanting Surya Mantra, but fearing the society, Kunti threw Karna into the river. Karna had the blessings and divinity of Sun God.
Karna’s previous birth was also dedicated to Sun God.
Karna’s previous birth was also dedicated to the Sun God. It is said that Karna was a demon in his full birth. His name was Dambhodbhava. Sun God had given Dambhodbhava 1000 armors and divine earrings, which protected him. Because of the boon, Dambhodbhava started considering himself immortal and started committing atrocities. Then Nar and Narayan, by doing penance one by one, broke 999 armors of Dambhodbhava.
Sun God had given this boon
When only one armor was left with that demon, he went and hid in Surya Lok. Seeing his devotion, Sun God blessed him that he would be his son in the next life. After this, when Karna grew up, he became friends with Duryodhana, who gave him the land of Ang. The area of Anga country was around Bhagalpur and Munger of present Bihar. This is the place where Karna saw Chhath Puja for the first time.
Karna had performed Chhath Puja
Karna was the son of Surya, hence knowing the importance of Chhath Puja, he started doing Surya Namaskar and offering Arghya to the Sun every morning. Besides, he also used to praise Chhathi Maiya. In this way, during the Mahabharata period, Bihar and Purvanchal got the tradition of Chhath Puja permanently and Karna became its medium.
Also read: Chhath Puja Day 2: Why is jaggery kheer and roti made on the day of Kharna? Know- importance of this day
(Disclaimer: The information given in this news is based on religious beliefs and general information. TV9 Bharatvarsha does not confirm this.)