Janakpurdham, The Chauth Chandra (Chaurachan) festival, which is celebrated with faith and fidelity, is being celebrated in Madheshpur including Janakpurdham today.
Chaurchan festival is one of the important festivals celebrated in Madhes region. It is believed that worshiping the moon with fruits on the day of Bhadau Shukla Chaturthi will get rid of various stigmas.
On the day of Chauthchanda festival, Vratalu fasts and in the evening, kheer, puri and fruits are offered to Lord Ganesha and the moon.
Since the pooja is performed in the courtyard on the occasion of the festival, the ritual is performed by making an artipan aripana of rice flour and placing the pooja material on it.
In this process, yoghurt, bananas, sweets, fruits as well as various kinds of dishes are placed in a new earthen pot and offered to various deities.
As they make offerings during the day and worship in the evening, women are now busy preparing offerings from house to house. Today, there is a tradition of listening to the story of Ganesh and the moon while celebrating the folk festival Chauthchand.
The festival was started by the then King Hemangad Thakur.
He was also a famous astrologer in addition to the king. As there is a religious belief that doing Chautchandra will bring special fruits, this festival was celebrated from house to house in Madhes including Mithilanchal.
Chautchandra festival is celebrated in Janakpurdham, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Siraha, Sarlahi, Saptari, Bara, Parsa and some other states of India. People of the Hindu community celebrate this festival with special significance.
In the Chauthchandra festival celebrated on the fourth day of Bhadau Shukla, after sunset, there is a Maithil tradition of concluding the Chaurachana Brat by lighting a lamp at the quadrangular yajna site in the courtyard of the courtyard made of cow dung.
There is a tradition of accepting the offerings offered after the end of the festival and distributing them to the friends.
