Chhath Pooja: Devotees celebrate ancient Hindu Vedic festival with fervour

Patna (Bihar): Hindu devotees in Patna gathered to perform rituals during the ongoing ‘Chhath Puja’. The four-day of Chhath festival began on October 31. On the last two days, devotees perform rituals and offer evening and morning 'arghyas' (offerings) to the ‘Sun God’ by taking a dip in a river or other water bodies. The age-old festival is celebrated mostly by people from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.