Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 30th Oct, 2022. Chhath is a Hindu festival mainly celebrated at Bihar Jharkhand Utter Pradesh West Bengal and the Napalese province of Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chhath puja is mainly dedicated to solar diety, Surya mainly to show gratitude and thankfullness for bestowing the bounties of life and earth and to request certain wishes to be fulfilled. Chhath Maiya, the sixth form of Devi Prakriti and Lord Suryas sister is worshiped as the Godess of the festival on the sixth day of lunar month month of kartik (October - Noverber) as per Hindu callender. Thi
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October 30, 2022, Kolkata, West Bengal, India: Chhath is a Hindu festival mainly celebrated at Bihar Jharkhand Utter Pradesh West Bengal and the Napalese province of Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chhath puja is mainly dedicated to solar diety, Surya mainly to show gratitude and thankfullness for bestowing the bounties of life and earth and to request certain wishes to be fulfilled. Chhath Maiya, the sixth form of Devi Prakriti and Lord Suryas sister is worshiped as the Godess of the festival on the sixth day of lunar month month of kartik (October - Noverber) as per Hindu callender. This include fasting, holy bathing, abstaining from drinking water (vrata) and offering prasad and argha to setting and rising sun. Some devotees also perform prostarin ( dandi) march while heading towards the river bank. (Credit Image: © Sudip Chanda/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire)