Photo Feature: Chhath festival concludes with offering of Arghya to rising sun

Kathmandu, November 8 — The Chhath festival has been completed with the offering of Arghya to the rising sun. Celebrated over four days with various rituals, the fourth day of the festival concluded this morning with the offering of Arghya to the rising sun from a water body, marking the grand conclusion of the festival.

The festival was also celebrated with great enthusiasm in various rivers and ponds of Kathmandu. In the Terai region, including Mahottari, Dhanusha, Siraha, Saptari, Sunsari, Morang, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, and the Mithila region, people offered Arghya to the rising sun in water bodies across the country.

Chhath is observed with devotion for family happiness, peace, prosperity, liberation from illness, and the fulfillment of wishes. On this occasion, devotees gathered at ponds, rivers, and lakes in large numbers. Fasting devotees began the festival by offering Arghya to the setting sun, which marked the start of the Sun worship.

Here are pictures of devotees offering Arghya to the rising sun at the banks of the Bagmati River in Kupandol and Gaurighat in the Kathmandu Valley.