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In pics: Thousands of devotees soak in Chhath rituals along Hooghly ghats

Doosri Arghya marks end of the four-day fest observed by people with roots in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh

My Kolkata Web Desk Kolkata Published 20.11.23, 05:46 PM
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
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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 Dey
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Standing 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
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Standing 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 Dey
Women smear vermilion on each other at the end of the festival
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Women smear vermilion on each other at the end of the festival

Ashim Paul
A devotee cradles her baby wrapped in woollens at a north Kolkata ghat on Monday morning
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A devotee cradles her baby wrapped in woollens at a north Kolkata ghat on Monday morning

Ashim Paul
Devotees wait for the sun to rise at Jagannath Ghat
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Devotees wait for the sun to rise at Jagannath Ghat

Soumyajit Dey
After 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
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After 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 Paul
The last round of Chhath Puja rituals are performed at a north Kolkata ghat
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The last round of Chhath Puja rituals are performed at a north Kolkata ghat

Ashim Paul
The radiant smile on a woman’s face portrays the immense satisfaction at the end of the four-day arduous puja
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The radiant smile on a woman’s face portrays the immense satisfaction at the end of the four-day arduous puja

Ashim Paul

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