These Chhath Puja coloring pages give you 5 free printable pictures of the festival of the Sun: a woman offering arghya to the setting sun, a soop basket full of thekua and fruit, a ghat with a sugarcane canopy, a family at the river at sunrise and a sun rangoli. Each page is a free PDF in US Letter and A4, with thick, clear lines that suit children aged 4 to 9, and each one doubles as an easy Chhath Puja drawing to copy. All the Chhath Puja coloring pages are free to print at home or in school.
Download all five Chhath Puja coloring pages in one PDF: US Letter or A4. Print at 100% (actual size).
Coming up next: Diwali, Bhai Dooj, Children's Day, Chhath Puja and Guru Nanak Jayanti
Diwali (Sunday 8 November)
Bhai Dooj (Wednesday 11 November)
- Bhai Dooj quiz and games
- Bhai Dooj drawing and coloring pages
- Bhai Dooj wishes
- Bhai Dooj rangoli designs
Children's Day (Saturday 14 November)
- Children's Day quiz
- Children's Day drawing and coloring pages
- Children's Day worksheets
- Children's Day speech
Chhath Puja (Sunday 15 November)
Guru Nanak Jayanti (Tuesday 24 November)
What is on the Chhath Puja coloring pages
Every page shows one big, simple scene from the four days of Chhath. None of them show a god or goddess, so they suit every classroom.
| Page | Picture | Good for age | Colour idea or fun fact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A woman standing in the river, holding up a soop of fruit to the setting sun | 6 to 9 | Colour the sky orange and pink for the evening arghya, and the sari yellow or red. |
| 2 | A bamboo soop full of thekua, bananas, a coconut, apples, sugarcane and a diya, in a flower border | 4 to 7 | Thekua is golden brown, bananas yellow and the soop light brown. |
| 3 | Ghat steps with a sugarcane canopy over clay pots and the sun on the water | 5 to 9 | Sugarcane is green with darker rings; colour the clay pots terracotta. |
| 4 | A family on the ghat at sunrise, the children carrying a basket, with diyas floating on the water | 6 to 9 | Use soft pink, yellow and light blue for the morning sky of Usha Arghya. |
| 5 | A round rangoli with a smiling sun in the centre, lotus flowers, diyas and water waves | 4 to 8 | Colour the sun bright yellow and orange and repeat two colours on the lotuses. |
Younger children can start with the soop basket or the sun rangoli, which have big shapes. Older children will enjoy the ghat and the family scene, where they can colour the sky from orange at sunset to pink and blue at sunrise.
Easy Chhath Puja drawing ideas, step by step
Drawing Chhath Puja scenes is a common school activity before the festival. Children can copy these pictures freehand, or follow the two easy guides below. Sketch lightly in pencil, then go over the lines with a black marker and colour.
How to draw the Chhath Puja sun over the river
- Draw a long, slightly wavy line across the middle of the page for the river bank.
- Draw a big half circle sitting on the water line: this is the setting (or rising) sun.
- Add straight rays all around the top of the sun, short and long one after the other.
- Under the sun, draw three or four wavy lines on the water for the reflection.
- Add two or three small “v” shapes in the sky for birds, and colour the sky orange and pink.
How to draw a soop with fruits
- Draw a wide U shape that is flat at the top: this is the bamboo soop basket.
- Draw criss-cross lines inside it to show the woven bamboo.
- Along the top, draw a banana (a long curved shape), a round coconut and two apples.
- Add a few small circles with ridges for thekua, and a small clay diya with a flame.
- Colour the soop light brown, the bananas yellow, the thekua golden brown and the flame orange.
| Chhath Puja drawing idea | Level | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Sun over the river | Easy (ages 4 and up) | Half circle, rays, wavy lines |
| Soop with fruits and thekua | Easy | U shape, circles, a banana curve |
| Diyas floating on the water | Easy | Small bowls and teardrop flames |
| Sugarcane canopy at the ghat | Medium (ages 6 and up) | Four tall sticks tied at the top, pots underneath |
| Woman offering arghya in the river | Harder (ages 8 and up) | A standing figure, raised arms, a basket, the sun behind |
Coloring tips for Chhath Puja coloring pages
- Sunset and sunrise skies. For the evening arghya, use orange, red and purple. For the morning, try soft pink, yellow and light blue.
- Traditional colours. Saris at Chhath are often yellow, orange or red. Sugarcane is green with darker rings, and thekua is golden brown.
- Water. Colour the river light blue and add a few streaks of orange where the sun shines on it.
- Diyas. Leave a small white space in each flame so it looks bright.
Turn the Chhath Puja coloring pages into an activity
- Make a card. Fold an A4 sheet, glue the colored soop or sun page on the front and copy a message from our Chhath Puja wishes.
- Put the days in order. Ask children which picture shows the evening arghya and which shows the morning one, then line them up.
- Quiz time. Finish with a few easy questions from our Chhath Puja quiz.
- Write about it. Older children can write a short paragraph using why Chhath Puja is celebrated as a guide.
An easy Chhath Puja drawing for small children
The easiest Chhath Puja drawing is the sun over the river. Draw a half circle near the middle of the page, three wavy lines under it for the water, and a soop with two bananas at the bottom. This easy version suits children from about five years old and takes ten to fifteen minutes.
- Ages 4 to 5: color page 5, the sun rangoli, with big yellow and orange areas.
- Ages 6 to 7: draw the sun over the river freehand, then compare it with page 1.
- Ages 8 and up: copy the ghat from page 3 with the sugarcane canopy, then add diyas floating on the water.
Chhath Puja rangoli to color and copy
Page 5 is a Chhath Puja rangoli with a smiling sun, lotus flowers and diyas. Color it on paper first, then copy it at the doorway: a yellow and orange sun in the middle, pink lotus petals around it and a diya at four points. Flower petals work well if you have no rangoli powder.
Chhath Puja colouring pages in A4
These are the same free PDFs; the A4 button gives a full-size picture on Indian and Nepali printers.
Using Chhath Puja coloring pages in class: a note for teachers and parents
Chhath Puja is a festival of thanks to the Sun God, Surya, and to Chhathi Maiya, who is believed to protect children. It is celebrated mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and the Terai region of Nepal, and by families from these regions everywhere. These pages show the shared customs, the ghat, the soop, the diyas and the sun, and have no prayer text or images of gods, so they suit mixed classrooms. Chhath Puja 2026 runs from Friday 13 to Monday 16 November, so print the pages a week before.
Print the Chhath Puja coloring pages before Nahay Khay, the first day, so children can color one picture for each day of the festival.
More free printables
- Chhath Puja quiz with 25 questions and answers.
- Bhai Dooj coloring pages for the festival two days earlier.
- Diwali drawing and coloring pages.
- Rangoli coloring pages: 8 designs from easy to hard.
- Children’s Day coloring pages for 14 November.
- Color by number pages for more calm colouring time.
Further reading: Chhath (Wikipedia) and the Bihar Tourism department’s page on the Chhath festival.
Frequently asked questions
9 quick answers
Are these Chhath Puja coloring pages free?
Yes. All five pages are free to download and print, with no sign-up. Print each page on its own or get all five in one PDF.
What is an easy Chhath Puja drawing for kids?
The sun setting over the river is the easiest: a half circle, a few rays and wavy lines for the water. The soop basket with fruits is another simple idea. Both have step-by-step guides above.
When is Chhath Puja in 2026?
Chhath Puja 2026 runs from Friday 13 November (Nahay Khay) to Monday 16 November (Usha Arghya). The evening offering, Sandhya Arghya, is on Sunday 15 November.
Which paper size should I choose?
Pick A4 for India, Nepal, the UK and most other countries, and US Letter for the USA and Canada. Both have the same picture, sized to fit the page.
Can I use these pages for a school Chhath drawing competition?
Yes. Younger classes can color the pages, and older classes can use them as reference pictures to draw their own. Please share a link to this page rather than uploading the files elsewhere.
What is a soop in Chhath Puja?
A soop is a flat basket woven from bamboo. During Chhath it is filled with thekua, fruit, sugarcane and a diya and offered to the sun at the ghat.
Which Chhath Puja coloring page is best for a school drawing competition?
Page 1, the arghya to the setting sun, makes the strongest picture because it shows the main ritual. Younger children do well with page 5, the Chhath Puja rangoli, which has large shapes and bright colors.
Can I color the Chhath Puja coloring pages on a tablet?
Yes. Open the PDF in any drawing app that imports PDFs or images, or save the preview picture and color it with a fill tool. For a printed version, use crayons or felt pens on the Letter or A4 PDF.
Is there a Chhath Puja drawing easy enough for a five-year-old?
The sun over the river suits children from about five: a half circle near the middle of the page, three wavy lines under it for the water and a soop with two bananas at the bottom. It takes ten to fifteen minutes.
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