Chhath Puja, a four-day festival honoring Surya Dev and Chhathi Maiya, is commencing with widespread preparations across Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal. Prime Minister Modi has urged ...

Chhath, Bihar's soul-stirring festival, isn't just devotion to Chhathi Maiya; it is no less than a mandatory visit back home for Biharis worldwide. Yet, this year, with the four-day Chhath ending on ...

Today marks the completion of Chhath festival. To be sure, it is a biannual event in the Hindu calendar months of Chaitra and Kartik, but it is the latter which is far more popular than the former. If ...

What makes Chhath unique is the sublime aura it bestows on a normally looked down upon state like Bihar. I say this as someone from the state. Today marks the completion of Chhath festival. To be sure ...