Vratin

(व्रती)

Literal Meaning

One who keeps a vow

Etymology & Sanskrit Root

Sanskrit vratin, one who keeps a vrata (vow).

Spiritual Insight & Context

The person who keeps the Chhath fast. Women are most often named, and are also called parvaitin, but men keep the vow as well.

Where Vratin 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