Delhi Opens Its Longest Chhath Ghat Along the Munak Canal Ahead of Four-Day Festival

Bharatiya Janata Party national president Nitin Nabin and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated a Chhath ghat at the Munak canal in Delhi on Thursday, November 12, ahead of the four-day Chhath Puja festival starting November 13.

An 11-kilometre stretch, Delhi's longest ghat

The ghat, developed along an approximately 11-kilometre stretch of the Munak canal from the Outer Ring Road towards Inderlok, near Singalpur village in Shalimar Bagh, is Delhi's longest Chhath ghat, according to reports. Nabin said the Delhi government had provided facilities for devotees and that people from the Purvanchal region would no longer face obstacles in celebrating the festival in the national capital.

Four days of prayers to the setting and rising sun

Chhath Puja is a major festival in northern India and Nepal's Terai region, during which devotees offer prayers and offerings to the setting and rising sun over four days, with rituals held mostly on riverbanks and near water. Nabin also said the Delhi government was working on cleaning the Yamuna river under the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Sources: Indian Economic Observer; The Indian Witness.