Cooperators have celebrated Chatta Pooja in a big way in Patna, wherein Biscomaun Chairman Dr Sunil Kumar Singh could be seen worshiping the Sun God. Morning offering of the araghaya (water offerings) to the Sun concluded today.
Singh as well as several other co-operators have sent photographs of Chatta Pooja. Thousands of devotees could be seen lined up in water offering their prayers to the Sun God.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several political leaders have wished people for Chhath Puja on Sunday. The morning offering of the Chhath concluded today morning.
Chhath has been celebrated in Bihar, parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Nepal for centuries, but now it has spread across the globe with people of Bihar living in the USA also celebrating the event.
Chhath Puja is a four-day elaborate celebration in honour of the Sun, which involves a long fast without water, and making offerings to Usha and Pratyusha, the light of the rising and the setting Sun, while standing in a water body.
