Devotees mark the culmination of the four-day Chhath festival with Doosri Arghya at Jagannath Ghat in Kolkata on Monday. The auspicious four-day festival honours the sun god and Chhathi Maiya, and had begun with Nahay Khay on November 17, followed by Kharna on November 18 and Pehli Arghya the next day
Soumyajit DeyStanding in waist-deep water, devotees finish marking Chhath Mahaparv ending the 36-hour-long fast that continued throughout Sunday night till the sunrise on Monday
Soumyajit DeyWomen smear vermilion on each other at the end of the festival
Ashim PaulA devotee cradles her baby wrapped in woollens at a north Kolkata ghat on Monday morning
Ashim PaulDevotees wait for the sun to rise at Jagannath Ghat
Soumyajit DeyAfter an entire night at the ghat, devotees wait beside large hands of bananas and other puja paraphernalia before returning to their homes on Monday morning
Ashim PaulThe last round of Chhath Puja rituals are performed at a north Kolkata ghat
Ashim PaulThe radiant smile on a woman’s face portrays the immense satisfaction at the end of the four-day arduous puja
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