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Chhath puja: Devotees gathers at Patna's Ganga ghat to perform 'Usha Arghy
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 11 (ANI): On the last day of the four-day-long Chhath festival, devotees in Patna gathered on the banks of the Ganga river at Patipul Ghat to perform the 'Usha Arghya' (prayers to the rising sun).
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Nepal: Devotees mark Chhath Pooja with fanfare
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], November 10 (ANI): Fasting women taking dips in the water, with a basket full of offering to the Sun God were a common sight at lakes in Kathmandu Valley on Wednesday the penultimate day of the Chhath festival.
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Bihar CM, devotees reach Ganga Ghat in Patna to offer prayers on Chhath Pu
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 10 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited the Ganga Ghat in Patna to offer prayers on Chhath Puja on Wednesday. The ghat swelled with devotees gathered here to offer prayers and to perform the rituals of puja.
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Delhi High Court dismisses plea challenging decision to prohibit performin
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Delhi High Court dismissed a plea challenging decision to prohibit the devotees from performing Chhath Puja at the banks of the Yamuna river.
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Delhi govt deploys 15 boats to remove toxic foam from Yamuna river
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Delhi government has deployed boats to remove the toxic foam that was formed in the Yamuna river in a face-saving exercise amid severe criticism after Chhath puja devotees were seen taking a dip in the river.
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Patna: Kharna observed on second day of Chhath Puja
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 10 (ANI): On the second day of the four-day-long Chhath festival, devotees in Patna here observed 'Kharna', an arduous fast, in which even water is not consumed from sunrise to sunset.
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Plea in SC to stop Delhi govt from treating "Chhath devotees as criminals"
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to "stop Delhi government from treating Chhath devotees as criminals" and allow them to conduct Chhat Pooja at the Yamuna with COVID-19 protocols in place.
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Chhath puja: Devotees raise concerns over toxic foam floating in Yamuna r
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): As a thick layer of toxic foam continues to float on the surface of the Yamuna river in the national capital on Tuesday on the second day of the Chhath puja festival.
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Sidhu to offer prayers at Dera Baba Nanak today for reopening of Kartarpur
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Congress Punjab President Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday will visit the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur and offer prayers for the reopening of the Kartarpur Corridor so that devotees could visit the shrine dedicated to Sikh Guru Nanak Dev in Pakista
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Delhi govt arranges 800 ghats to celebrate 'Chhath puja'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): On the first day of Chhath Puja, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said arrangements have been made at around 800 ghats across Delhi for devotees to celebrate the festival.
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Chhath Puja celebrations commence in Patna with devotees taking dip in Gan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 8 (ANI): Devotees performed rituals and took a dip in Ganga in Patna district of Bihar on Monday on the first day of Chhath Puja.
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Delhi: Devotees take dip in toxic Yamuna water on first day of Chhath Puja
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): Devotees took a dip in the Yamuna river that had a thick layer of toxic foam near Kalindi Kunj on the first day of Chhath Puja on Monday.
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