Chhathi Maiya

(छठी मैया)

Literal Meaning

Mother of the sixth

Etymology & Sanskrit Root

Hindi chhathi (sixth) + maiya (mother).

Spiritual Insight & Context

The goddess honoured at Chhath Puja, with Surya, on the sixth day of the bright fortnight of Kartika. Devotees pray to her for their children.

Where Chhathi Maiya Comes Up

Chhath Puja, the Festival of Surya Worship

The four-day festival of gratitude to Surya, the Sun God, observed with rigorous fasting and river-bank worship across Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal.

Topics

Chhath Puja Arghya Vidhi: Four Days, Water and the Sun

Chhath in order: Nahay Khay, Kharna, then standing in water to offer arghya to the setting and rising Sun, with the fast, the offerings and Chhathi Maiya.

Puja Vidhi