The pictures say it all...
Thousands of people from various pockets of the country came to pray to the Sun God on Wednesday.
In the national capital, despite the poor water condition, celebrations concluded on Wednesday morning with devotees offering prayers to the rising sun at several ghats in the national capital.
A festive look adorned the ghats where thousands of devotees broke their fast after offering 'Arghya' to the rising Sun.
The movement of devotees to various ghats disrupted traffic on the stretch from Kalindi Kunj towards Noida and other areas in the city.
Chhath is a major festival in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, although it is celebrated in other parts of the country as well where Purvnanchalis are settled in significant numbers.
Chhath Puja relives the age-old tradition of paying obeisance to the Sun God.
Political leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, greeted devotees on Wednesday and wished them health, success and happiness.
The Delhi government had declared a public holiday on the occasion of Chhath.
Agencies of the Delhi government had set up ghats for Chhath at around 1,000 locations, officials said.
Arrangements of ghats and facilities for worshippers were made by different agencies of the Delhi government as well as municipal corporations.
A monitoring committee was constituted by the Delhi government to look after preparations of Chhath including ghats and tents.
Municipal corporation officials said over 700 ghats were prepared by three civic bodies.
1. Prayers to the Sun
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A devotee takes a bath in the Yamuna river during Chhath Puja as toxic froth floats on its surface, at Kalindi Kunj, in New Delhi, Wednesday. Devotees fast and abstain from drinking water, stand in water for long periods of time, and offer prasad and Arghya to the setting and rising Sun during Chhath Puja - PTI
2. Beating the pollution through prayer
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A devotee offers prayers to the rising Sun during Chhath Puja as toxic froth floats on the surface of polluted Yamuna river, at Kalindi Kunj, in New Delhi, Wednesday - PTI
3. Offering prayers
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Devotees perform Chhath Puja rituals as toxic froth floats on the surface of polluted Yamuna river - PTI
4. No toxicity can stop us...
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A Hindu woman takes a dip in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna - Reuters
5. Honouring the Sun
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A woman worships the Sun god in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna during the Hindu religious festival of Chatth Puja in New Delhi - Reuters
