In pics: Thousands of devotees soak in Chhath rituals along Hooghly ghats
Doosri Arghya marks end of the four-day fest observed by people with roots in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh
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Published 20.11.23, 05:46 PM
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Devotees mark the culmination of the four-day Chhath festival with Doosri Arghya at Jagannath Ghat in Kolkata on Monday. The auspicious four-day festival honours the sun god and Chhathi Maiya, and had begun with Nahay Khay on November 17, followed by Kharna on November 18 and Pehli Arghya the next day
Soumyajit Dey
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Standing in waist-deep water, devotees finish marking Chhath Mahaparv ending the 36-hour-long fast that continued throughout Sunday night till the sunrise on Monday
Soumyajit Dey
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Women smear vermilion on each other at the end of the festival
Ashim Paul
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A devotee cradles her baby wrapped in woollens at a north Kolkata ghat on Monday morning
Ashim Paul
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Devotees wait for the sun to rise at Jagannath Ghat
Soumyajit Dey
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After an entire night at the ghat, devotees wait beside large hands of bananas and other puja paraphernalia before returning to their homes on Monday morning
Ashim Paul
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The last round of Chhath Puja rituals are performed at a north Kolkata ghat
Ashim Paul
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The radiant smile on a woman’s face portrays the immense satisfaction at the end of the four-day arduous puja
