India & Nepal
• Hindu believers pray
to the sun during the
Chhath festival on
the shores of Lake
Hussain Sagar in
Hyderabad
on Chhath festival,
also known as Surya
Pooja (worship of the
sun) passes in the
eastern part of India.
People worship the
sun and water gods,
eight days after the
festival of lights
Diwali.
Hindus pray and offer gifts to the sun during the Chhath
festival on the lake Hussain Sagar
• Nepalese Hindu
holds a basket of
fruit, which constitute
an offering to God of
the Sun during
Chhath festival in the
Bagmati river in
Kathmandu. During
Chhath festival
people worship the
rising and setting
sun, expressing
gratitude and asking
for blessings from
the forces of nature,
mostly from the sun
and river.
Indian Christians pray during Chhath festival in
the river Mahananda in Siliguri.
Indian woman smiling, striking vermilion on the head of another woman,
during the Chhath festival in the river Mahananda in Siliguri.
Hindu washes himself with water during the prayer the
setting sun in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India.
Indian woman brings fruit and prays the setting sun
during Chhath festival in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai.
Hindus perform the ritual in the Arabian Sea
during Chhath festival in Mumbai, India.
Indians move, lying flat to the river Ganga that is
part ritual, executed during the festival Chhath
The Indian believers perform rituals on the banks of
the Ganges during the Chhath festival in Calcutta.
Indian women pray during a ceremony at the
festival Chhath on the river Jumna in New Delhi.
Indian women perform rituals during the festival of
Chhath in the river Jumna at Allahabad.
The Indian women bear the traditional pots during
Chhath festival on the outskirts of New Delhi.