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Chhath Puja - Bihar's Biggest Festival

🌷Chhath Puja is a traditional Hindu Festival mainly celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal's Terai region. 🌝The only Vedic Festival dedicated to the Hindu Sun God, Surya, also known as Surya Shashti. The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya for sustaining life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. 🌷On this day, families gather at riverbanks or water bodies, carrying the soop (bamboo basket) filled with traditional prasad like Thekua, sugarcane, f