Nepalese women hold coconuts and offer prayers to the setting sun on the banks of the Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday. (Photo | PTI)
RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi performing rituals during Chhath puja celebrations in Patna on Thursday. (Photo | PTI)
A devotee prays the Sun God on the oaccasion of Chhath festival in Patna on Wednesday. (Photo | PTI)
The Bihar Association Chennai organised a unqiue way of celebrating Chhath puja by hiring a swimming pool in Surapet. More than 500 people participated in the celebrations and offered prayers on Thursday. (EPS | Martin Louis)
Japanese woman Mika Hirakiwa R married to Siddharth Prasad an Indian performing Chhath Puja rituals to celebrate the festival in Bodhgaya, Bihar on Thursday. (Photo | PTI)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with family members performing rituals at his residence on the occasion of the Chhath Puja festival in Patna on Thursday. (Photo | PTI)
Transgender dancers performing with the devotees in Kolkata on Thursday. (Photo | PTI)
Devotees offering prayers to the Sun God on the occasion of Chhath Puja at the bank of Narmada River in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. (Photo | PTI)
Devotees move towards river Ganga lying prostrate to perform Chhath Puja rituals in Kolkata on Thursday. (Photo | PTI)
Foreign tourists offering fruits and vegetables to a devotee as they participate in Chhath Puja celebrations in Bodhgaya, Bihar on Thursday.
A devotee perform rituals during sunset at the Tawi river on the occasion of Chhath festival in Jammu on Thursday. (Photo | PTI)
