Chhathi Maiya

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Chhathi Maiya is a Hindu solar deity and mother goddess revered especially in Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern Uttar Pradesh, associated with fertility, protection of children, and the worship of the Sun.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chhathi Maiya canonical 2
Chhath Maiya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
solar deity ⓘ
associatedWith Sun ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
protection of children ⓘ
culturalRegion Bhojpuri cultural region ⓘ
Maithil cultural region ⓘ
linked to: Mithila region
dayAssociatedWith sixth day of lunar fortnight ⓘ
hasTitle Chhath Maiya ⓘ
linked to: Chhathi Maiya

Chhathi Mata ⓘ
Shashthi Devi ⓘ
honorific Maiya ⓘ
iconographicAssociation Sun god Surya ⓘ
linked to: Surya
languageOfName Bhojpuri ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
linkedTo folk Hinduism ⓘ
regional Hindu traditions of eastern India ⓘ
majorFestival Chhath Puja ⓘ
receivesOfferingsOf arghya to the Sun ⓘ
fruits ⓘ
seasonal produce ⓘ
thekua ⓘ
relatedConcept Shashthi ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
role granters of wishes for progeny ⓘ
protector of offspring ⓘ
typeOfCult household deity worship ⓘ
village deity worship ⓘ
veneratedIn Bihar ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Terai region of Nepal ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
eastern Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
worshippedBy families ⓘ
married women ⓘ
women ⓘ
worshippedDuring Chhath Puja ⓘ
worshippedFor health ⓘ
longevity of children ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ
well-being of children ⓘ
worshipRitualInvolves fasting ⓘ
offering water to the rising Sun ⓘ
offering water to the setting Sun ⓘ
standing in water ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Chhath Puja → dedicatedTo → Chhathi Maiya ⓘ
Chhath Puja → mainDeity → Chhathi Maiya ⓘ
Chhathi Maiya → hasTitle → Chhath Maiya ⓘ
linked to: Chhathi Maiya