From Fasting To Holy Dip This is How India Celebrates Chhath Puja

Thousands of devotees celebrating Chhath Puja gathered across India to pay obeisance to the Sun God during the four day festival.Devotees also offered prayers to the Sun on the ghats of the Ganga and other rivers and water bodies across Bihar on the occasion of Chhath.In Patna, fasting men and women thronged the ghats of the Ganga and stood in waist-high water to offer prayers to the setting Sun.The state government made tight security arrangement for a smooth Chhath Puja on the third day of the four-day festival which began on Friday.Family members and relatives were seen assisting the 'Vratis'- those offering 'arghya' (obeisance) to the deity with home-made 'thekua', fruits, sugarcane and coconuts.Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accompanied by ministers and senior officials, inspected the ghats and rode a motorboat in the Ganga from Nasriganj to Gaighat and sought blessings of the 'Vratis' for the well-being of the state, an official statement said.Video: ANIMusic: Big Bang Fuzz