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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Label Occurrences
Chhathi Mata canonical 1

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Statements (49)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chhathi Maiya → hasTitle → Chhathi Mata ⓘ