Here’s how Indians are celebrating Chhath Puja in America |Watch
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Chhath Puja is celebrated with huge fervour and joy in Bihar and western Uttar Pradesh. The four-day long festival was celebrated by a large number of Indian-Americans in the USA on Sunday.
Hundreds of Indian-Americans gathered at river banks, lakes and makeshift water bodies across the United States to celebrate the festival on Sunday.
From singing folk songs to observing fasts, the Indian American community celebrated the festival and made it a success. Chhath celebrations were observed in several states across the US including Bentonville, California, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington DC.
In California, USA, hundreds of Indians of the Bihari community came together to celebrate the festival. News agency PTI, shared the visuals of devotees standing in water bodies and worshipping the Sun and offering fruits.
“The four-day festival is celeebrated in the honour of the Sun. During this festival, people observe strict fast without water, and also make offerings to the light of the rising and the setting sun. During the celebrations, ladies stand in a water body throughout the day,” wrote @biharfoundation on X, formerly Twitter.
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Updated: 19 Nov 2023, 06:23 PM IST
