KATHMANDU,
Chhath festival is being observed in the mid and eastern Terai region on Tuesday. The festival begins on the sixth day of the lunar calendar in the month of Kartik (Nepali calendar).
After taking a holy dip to purify their own body devotees offer curd to the Sun at the banks of ponds, lakes, and rivers.
Rani Pokhari and other ponds and rivers in the capital are cleaned up and decorated for the festival.
The setting sun is offered bananas, Thekuwa, Bhusana, and other offerings. The festival concludes after worshipping the rising sun tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala extended greetings to all the Nepalese on the occasion of Chhath festival today.
