Patna, Nov 5 (IANS) Millions of people, mostly women, took a dip in rivers and ponds across Bihar and offered prayers to the rising sun early Wednesday to mark the end of the four-day long Chhath festival, which concluded peacefully.Devotees, attired in new colourful clothes, ended their 36-hour fast by offering prayers and floating lighted earthen lamps in water bodies. They sang folk songs and offered prayers to the sun god.A rare show of harmony was on display when people cutting across social barriers gathered to celebrate Chhath in villages and towns.Read more:
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