Chhathi Mata

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Chhathi Mata is a Hindu goddess primarily worshipped in parts of North India and Nepal as the divine embodiment of the Sun’s power and protector of children and family well-being.

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Chhathi Mata canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess
local deity
associatedRitualPlace ponds
river banks
water bodies
associatedWith Chhath Puja
Sun worship
Surya
culturalContext Bhojpuri culture
Magahi culture
Maithili culture
linked to: Mithila culture
dayAssociatedWith Shashthi
devotees expectant mothers
married women
parents seeking child welfare
embodimentOf Sun’s power
festival Chhath Puja
iconography often worshipped without anthropomorphic idol
represented symbolically through offerings and the Sun
languageOfDevotionalSongs Bhojpuri
Magahi
Maithili
offering arghya to the Sun
seasonal fruits
sugarcane
thekua
regionOfOrigin Magadh region
Mithila region
religion Hinduism
role giver of offspring
healer of child-related ailments
protector of children
protector of family well-being
veneratedDuring Chaitra Shukla Shashthi
linked to: Shashthi

Chhath Puja
Kartika Shukla Shashthi
linked to: Shashthi
worshippedIn Bihar
India
Jharkhand
Madhesh Province
Nepal
North India
linked to: northern India

Uttar Pradesh
worshipPractices fasting by women
offering prayers at sunrise
offering prayers at sunset
standing in river or pond water
worshipType folk worship
vrata observance

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Chhathi Maiya hasTitle Chhathi Mata