Kharna Puja 2024: Kharna is celebrated on the third day of the great Chhath festival, which lasts four days. Kharna has a special significance in Chhath Puja. From this day the 36-hour waterless fast for fasting women begins. The Prasad made on the day of Kharna is called Mahaprasad. Women begin the most difficult fast by eating this Prasad. This year Kharna will be celebrated on November 6, 2024. Kharna worship is considered incomplete without this. So if you are observing Chhath fast for the first time, you should definitely know Kharna Prasad and the rules beforehand.
Kharna worship is incomplete without this.
On the day of Kharna, fasting women observe a waterless fast throughout the day and consume food and water only after sunset. On the day of Kharna, kheer consisting of rice and jaggery is prepared on a clay stove. Kharna worship is considered incomplete without this kheer. On the day of Kharna, only Kheer is eaten as Prasad. By eating this kheer, women begin their 36-hour Chhath fast. On the day of Kharna, eating clay kheer rice has a special meaning. It has been said that Kharna means purification of body and mind. Apart from brown rice kheer, banana and roti are also included in Kharna Prasad.
Keep these things in mind on the day of Kharna.
- Kharna Prasad should be prepared only in a new and clean container.
- To make Prasad, use only a new and washed earthen stove or gas stove.
- He worships Kharna with a pure mind and then promises to observe the Chhath fast.
- Offer kheer, roti and banana to God.
- After this, first observe the Chhath fast and take the Prasad of Kharna.
- Everyone remained calm while taking the fasting Prasad.
- Other family members should eat Prasad only after the fasting person has accepted it.
- Do not consume salt or other tamasic things even by mistake on the day of Kharna.
- During the Chhath fast, the devotee must sleep on the floor and follow celibacy.
(Disclaimer: The information provided here is based on religious faith and popular beliefs. There is no scientific evidence for it. India TV does not provide proof of the veracity of even a single thing.)
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