Chhath Puja 2018 pictures: Four-day festival concludes as devotees pay obeisance to rising sun

Though quintessential to Bihar, UP and Jharkhand, the festival’s fervor was marked across country with devotees thronging to Chhath Ghats in Delhi, Odisha, Bengal and Maharashtra as well. /Image ANI

Devotees offer 'arghya' to the rising sun on the banks of Kuakhai river in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Image: ANI

Woman offering Arghya to the rising sun in Odisha/ Image: ANI

The four-day-long festival of Chhath Puja concluded on Wednesday with thousands of fasting devotees paying obeisance to the rising sun (the morning Arghya). /Image ANI

Devotees in Delhi gather at Kashmiri Gate chhath ghat to perform Chhath Puja and offer obeisance to the Sun god. Image: ANI

Even before the break of the dawn those observing fast along with their relatives and friends pitched tents at the ghats to offer prayers to the first ray of the rising run. /Image ANI

Image from Bihar's Patna College Ghat. Chhath is the biggest festival in Bihar which is celebrated at a grand scale. / Image: ANI