Chhath Puja 2022: Devotees Offer Prayers On The First Day Of 'Mahaparva' — IN PHOTOS

The Chhath mahaparva is an annual four-day festival held six days after Diwali, or on the sixth day of the Hindu month of Kartik. In this photo, devotees can be seen applying vermillion to each other during the first day of 'Chhath Puja', in Patna, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (PTI Photo)

During Chhath Puja, devotees observe a nirjala vrat (fasting without water) and offer Arghya to Chhathi Maiya and Surya Devta. In this photo, devotees can be seen offer prayers on the first day of the 'mahaparva', in Patna, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Chhath Puja celebrations are mainly observed in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Here, a devotee can be seen carrying a bunch of bananas for preprations on the first day of 'Chhath Puja' festival, in Patna, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (PTI Photo)

A Delhi Jal Board official sprays chemical to dissolve toxic foam floating in the polluted waters of Yamuna river, ahead of 'Chhath Puja' celebrations at Kalindi Kunj in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Every year the issue of toxic foam floating in the polluted waters of Yamuna river becomes a subject of political debate as devotees in Delhi take a dip in the polluted river as a part of 'Chhath Puja' celebrations. (PTI Photo)

Crowded Patna Junction railway station as people leave for their hometown for the upcoming 'Chhath Puja', in Patna, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022.

Hindu devotees from Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh every year return home to celebrate 'Chhath Puja' festival. Here passengers are seen boarding a crowded bus at Birsa Munda Bus terminal in Ranchi, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (PTI Photo)