On the auspicious occasion of Chhath Puja, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann joined devotees live from Dhuri constituency in Sangrur district on Sunday, November 15, 2026 — streaming the festival celebrations directly to his followers and bringing a Malwa heartland gathering to screens across the state.

Mann shared the live broadcast on X, captioning it in both Punjabi and Hindi: 'ਛੱਠ ਪੂਜਾ ਮੌਕੇ ਸਮਾਗਮ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਹਲਕਾ ਧੂਰੀ, ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਸੰਗਰੂਰ ਤੋਂ LIVE' ('Live from the Chhath Puja ceremony at Dhuri constituency, Sangrur district'). The gesture underlined his now-familiar style of turning local constituency visits into digital public events.

Chhath Puja in Punjab: A Community Rooted Far From Its Birthplace

Chhath Puja is a four-day Hindu festival dedicated to the Sun God, rooted in the traditions of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Its riverbank rituals — devotees standing waist-deep in water at sunrise and sunset — are among the most visually striking in the Indian festival calendar. In Punjab, the festival is observed largely by migrant communities from Bihar and eastern UP, who have made the state home across generations of agricultural and industrial migration.

Dhuri, a town in the Sangrur belt of the Malwa region, sits in the heart of Punjab's farming country. It is a constituency with layered demographics, and the presence of a Chhath celebration large enough for the Chief Minister to attend and broadcast reflects the depth of eastern Indian cultural presence in this part of the state.

Mann's Live-Stream Strategy and the Sangrur Connection

Since taking office in March 2022, Bhagwant Mann has made social-media live events a signature of his communication style — bypassing traditional media to place himself directly in front of voters at the moment things happen. Festival appearances, in particular, serve dual duty: they signal cultural respect to communities that might otherwise feel peripheral to Punjab's political mainstream, and they generate immediate, shareable digital content.

Sangrur district carries particular political weight for Mann and the Aam Aadmi Party. It has been a closely contested area in recent electoral cycles, making visible, ground-level engagement there strategically significant beyond the ceremonial.

At a moment when Punjab's diverse communities are celebrating one of the calendar's most photographed festivals, Mann's choice to go live from Dhuri sends a clear signal: every community's ritual moment is a moment worth showing up for.