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Chatt pooja is a Hindu festival celebrated especially by Biharis. The word "Chatt" means the number six in Hindi .The Chatt festival is dedicated to the Sun god.

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Devotees offer prayer and seek blessings from the Sun God at the ghat of river Yamuna in Delhi. Chhath Puja is a festival mainly celebrated in Bihar, dedicated to the sun god. It is a kind of thanksgiving to the sun god or Surya Dev.

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People worshipping the sun god in Bihar, india. This is also known as chat puja or chhat puja..

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Women perfoming religious rituals during Chhath Puja on the banks of River Yamuna in Delhi. Chhath Puja is a festival mainly celebrated especially in Bihar, dedicated to the sun god.

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Indian devotees pray to the setting sun while standing in an artificial water body during the Chhath festival at the Indian War Memorial, India Gate lawns, in New Delhi, India.

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Hindu women prepare offerings to be made, perform rituals at sunset to mark Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi.

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Thekua or Khajuria or Thikari is a dry sweet from Mithila autonomous State in Southeastern Nepal. It is very popular in Nepal, Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh (Purvanchal).

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Indian devotees pray to the setting sun while standing in an artificial water body during the Chhath festival at the Indian War Memorial, India Gate lawns, in New Delhi, India.

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Hindu women dressed in colourful sarees singing devotional songs with smile on their face on the occasion of Chhath puja in Delhi. Chhath Puja is a festival mainly celebrated in Bihar, dedicated to the sun god.

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Devotees offer help to an old aged lady who came to perform Chhath puja on Yamuna banks in Delhi. Chhath Puja is a festival mainly celebrated in Bihar, dedicated to the sun god. It is a kind of thanksgiving to the sun god or Surya Dev.

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Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to the Hindu Sun God, Surya, also known as Surya Shashti. The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya for sustaining life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes.

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Indian woman pays obeisance to Sun God during Chhath Festival at Panchnadi in Darjeeling Chhath, literally means 'sixth', and this day is the sixth day of the month of Karthik.

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Devotees offer prayers to the Sun God while standing in water on Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi

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Hindu women dressed in colourful sarees singing devotional songs with smile on their face on the occasion of Chhath puja in Delhi. Chhath Puja is a festival mainly celebrated in Bihar, dedicated to the sun god.

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Learn the story behind Chhath! It is early morning on the banks of the Yamuna in Delhi. Women taking dips in the river are Vratins - women who, in the next couple of days, would be fasting and also offering prayers to the Sun god.

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Women devotees gather on the banks of river Yamuna to offer prayers to the Sun God during Chhath puja in Delhi. Chhath, literally means 'sixth', and this day is the sixth day of the month of Karthik.

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Hindus paying obeisance to Sun God during Chhath Festival at Panchnadi in Darjeeling Chhath, literally means 'sixth', and this day is the sixth day of the month of Karthik.

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Chhath, literally means 'sixth', and this day is the sixth day of the month of Karthik. It is believed that the 'Maga Purohits' from the Vedic Age had started this tradition of Sun worship.

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Close view of Chhath Puja prasad offered to Sun God in India. Chhath, literally means 'sixth', and this day is the sixth day of the month of Karthik.

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Devotees gather on bank of river Yamuna and offer prayer to the Sun God on occasion of Chhath puja in Delhi. Chhath Puja is a festival mainly celebrated in Bihar, dedicated to the sun god.

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Chhath, literally means 'sixth', and this day is the sixth day of the month of Karthik. It is believed that the 'Maga Purohits' from the Vedic Age had started this tradition of Sun worship.

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Indian devotees pray to the setting sun while standing in an artificial water body during the Chhath festival at the Indian War Memorial, India Gate lawns, in New Delhi, India.

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Devotees gather on the bank of river Yamuna to offer prayer to the Sun God on the occasion of Chhath puja in Delhi, India. Chhath Puja is a festival mainly celebrated in Bihar, dedicated to the sun god.