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A vibrant and deeply spiritual scene from Chhath Puja unfolds in New Delhi, where devotees are seen walking in large numbers toward a nearby water body to perform sacred rituals. The atmosphere is filled with devotion as men and women, dressed in colorful traditional attire—bright sarees and simple kurtas—move together with purpose and faith. Many devotees are carrying traditional bamboo baskets known as soop or daura on their heads, filled with offerings such as fruits, sugarcane, and thekua, which are prepared especially for worshipping Surya, the Sun God. These offerings hold symbolic importance and are presented during the ritual of arghya, performed at sunrise and sunset while standing in water. The setting appears to be a public pathway leading toward a riverbank or pond, where the m
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