Chhath is an ancient Indo-Nepalese Hindu festival, native to Nepal and East India. It is celebrated especially in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Eastern Uttar Pradesh; and the Nepalese Autonomous provinces of Koshi, Lumbini, and Madhesh. In the major northern urban centres, hundreds of thousands of Nepalis and East Indians celebrate it in cities including Kathmandu Valley, Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta. Bharat-Nepal Maitri Chhath Ghat on the bank of Dhouns river at Indo-Nepal Border areas near Madhwapur-Matihani semi towns is a popular
Chhath Ghat in the Mithila region where huge number of devotees from the both countries gathered to perform the rituals of the Puja collectively. During Chhath Puja, prayers are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya: to show gratitude for bestowing the bounties of life on Earth and to request that certain wishes be granted.