छठ की कथा
Chhath honours Surya Dev, the visible source of life, and Chhathi Maiya, whom many families know as Shashthi, the mother who protects children.
Traditions trace the vrat to the Ramayana, where Sita is said to have kept it, and to the Mahabharata, where Draupadi is said to have fasted for her family's well-being. Families keep their own stories, passed down in the songs sung at the ghat.