Long fasts, painstaking preparations and tough rituals notwithstanding, very few Jharkhandis give Chhath a miss. It is an occasion when everyone rich and poor, old and young, man and woman comes together to invoke the sun god. Jamshedpur started celebrating the festival on Monday with Nahay Khay. Taking a dip in the river and cleaning the house marked the first day of the four-day celebrations. The vratis...
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