Tag: folk festival Chherchera

  • Bhupesh Baghel congratulated the people of the country for the public festival Chherchera

    Chief Minister of the state, Bhupesh Baghel, while congratulating Chhechchera, the famous folk festival of Chhattisgarh, wished the people of the state happiness, happiness and prosperity. Baghel has said in his greeting message released on the eve of Chherchera festival that Chherachhera Punni Tihar is celebrated on the full moon of Pausha month as Mahadan and harvest festival in the joy of coming home to the new crop. This festival is the driver of our glorious tradition of social harmony, rich charity. On this day, speaking ‘Chherchhera, Kothi ke paddy l’Herhera’, the village children, youth and women organizations go to the barns and houses to collect the money received as paddy and presents and keep the collected paddy and zodiac in Ramkothi and all year round. Let’s make our schedule.

    The farmer of Chhattisgarh is very liberal. The crop produced by the farmers is useful not only for it but also for the disadvantaged and needy people of the society, workers and animals and birds. According to the mythological belief, on this day, Lord Shankar had asked for alms to mother Annapurna, today is mother Shakambhari Jayanti. Therefore, people donate vegetables and fruits along with paddy. It is believed that the king of Ratanpur returned to Ratanpur after a stay of six months. Donations were given to the subjects in his hospitality. Phar missai work in the last phase at Chharchera. On this day all the people, big and small, go to homes, barns and collect paddy and money. There has been a tradition of paddy and money collected in the development programs of the village. The second aspect of Chherchera is also spiritual, it eliminates discrimination and arrogance of big and small. The Chief Minister said that at present, malnutrition is a major problem of the society. Society and people’s participation with the government is necessary to eradicate malnutrition. Cooperate for the healthy, malnutrition-free, happy future of children while carrying forward their ancient glorious tradition.