Millions pray to setting sun to mark Chhath festival

November 18, 2015 07:50

Devotees in Bihar and across North India thronged river banks to worship the Sun God by offering prayers, standing waist-deep in water for the longevity and well-being of their family members on the occasion of two-day Chhath festival.

People visit riverbanks during the festival to pay obeisance to the sun god at dawn as well as dusk, preferably just prior to the sunrise and sunset.

Devotees prepared ritual offerings and prayed before the Sun God on the bank of the river Ganges in Patna.

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