
Shopping for Chhath Puja is in full swing near Sidhwan Canal on Pakhowal Road in Ludhiana. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh)
People throng markets for essentials on the occasion of Chhath Puja celebrations. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh)
A man purchases bananas from a shop to perform rituals for the Chhath festival, in Kolkata. (Source: PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)
Devotees perform Chhath Puja in the toxic foam in Yamuna river. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Women devotees during the 'Kharna Puja' of the Chhath Puja festival, in Patna. (Source: PTI)
Amritsar: Women buy essential items for performing rituals during the four-day long Chhath Puja festival in Amritsar. (Source: PTI)
A devotee prays in the Yamuna during Chhath celebrations. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Devotees offer prayers to the setting sun, on Chhat puja, at the makeshift puja tank by the Yamuna, at the ITO, New Delhi on Wednesday. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
People shop near the newly-dug ponds in East Delhi, near Yamuna Bank, for Chhath. (Express photo by Amit Mehra)
The ponds for Chhath celebrations in New Delhi. (Express photo by Amit Mehra)
Devotees offer prayers on Chhath puja, at the Ganga. (Express Photo Shashi Ghosh)
Chhath Puja being performed in Vadodara. (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana)
Chhath puja at Sabarmati riverfront, Ahmedabad (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)