Kathmandu. The main day of Chhath, a great festival of purity, sanctity and mutual brotherhood, was celebrated on Sunday by offering Arghya to the setting sun. Chhath festival, celebrated with fanfare in the Terai-Madhesh, has expanded to the hills in the last decade.
At Gauri Ghat in Kathmandu on Sunday, the general public including President Ramchandra Paudel offered Arghya to the setting sun. In the Chhath festival, Surya Dev and Chhathi Mata are worshipped, wishing for the happiness, peace, prosperity and long life of children in the family.
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