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Chatt Puja is a very important festival for Biharis and the people of Uttar Pradesh. On the occasion of this auspicious festival, banks situated in Bihar and Jharkhand will be closed. It will be closed in Patna and Ranchi as well.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal have announced a holiday today for all the banks.

Apart from today, the banks will remain closed for 5 days this week.
List of Holidays:
• November 10
Today is Surya Pashti Dala Chhath (Sayan ardhya), on this auspicious occasion banks across Bihar, Jharkhand and the bordering banks of UP will be closed.
• November 11
Chatt Puja is on November 11.
• November 12
In the state of Meghalaya, the Wangala festival is celebrated on November 12.
• November 13
2nd Saturday
• November 14
Sunday

The festivities of this month are still not over yet, let’s take a look at some of the other bank holidays that are coming this month.

• November 19 – Guru Nanak Jayanti and Karthik Purnima
• November 21 – Sunday
• November 22 – Kanakadasa Jayanthi
• November 23 – Sen Kutsnem
• November 27 – Fourth Saturday
• November 28 – Sunday

Chatt Puja is celebrated for 4 days and prayers during this puja are dedicated to the sun to show gratitude and thank him for granting wishes and protecting the earth and Chatt Maiya. Chatt Maiya is the mother god and Sun’s sister. She is worshipped specifically in this festival. It is celebrated right after 6 days of Diwali. According to the Hindi calendar, it is the 6th day of the lunar month of Karthika.

The rituals have bathed in the water, fasting, standing in the water and offering Prasad. These rituals are performed during sunrise and sunset. Some devotees also march in Chatt Puja as they head for the river banks. Due to COVID 19 last year many people avoided going to the river banks together. Instead, they performed all the rituals in small artificial tubs and pools where there was minimum contact required. Such festivals in India also pollute rivers, hence it is an effective idea to perform them right at home without polluting the rivers and at the same time keeping your faith.

So if you are from Bihar, UP, Delhi or Jharkhand, make sure to keep a track on the Chatt holidays so that you don’t have to experience any sort of hassle.

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