 "In Graphics | The history behind the festival of Chhath Puja")
Across many parts of India, women are marking the four-day festival of Chhath Puja. Today (November 7) is the third day of festivities, the sanjhka arag, or the day of the evening offering.
While initially the festival was largely celebrated in Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Nepal, it has now become more widespread and popular with television channels flashing visuals of Chhath being celebrated.
This festival honours the sun and involves a long fast without water, and making offerings to Usha and Pratyusha — the light of the rising and the setting Sun respectively.
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