Asian Photography — November 2017

26 NOVEMBER 2017 http://www.asianphotographyindia.com

once a family begins Chhath Puja, it has

to perform it yearly as well as pass it to

his next generations and it can only be

skipped when there is a death of any

person in the family that year. Devotees

offer Prasad to the ‘Sun’ which mostly

are sweets, Kheer, Thekua and fruits

included in a small bamboo tokri (basket).

The prasad should be cooked without

salt, onions or garlic with maintained

purity. It is a four day festival which is

as follow:

On the fi rst day devotees take bath

early in the morning in the holy water

Exif Info:

Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec

Aperture value: f/3.2

ISO: 2000

Focal Length: 11.0 mm

Exif Info:

Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec

Aperture value: f/2.8

ISO: 100

Focal Length: 70.0 mm

photo: sourADeep roy

photo:

MriNMoy ChouDhury

of Ganga or any water body and bring

some water to their home to prepare the

offerings. The home and its surroundings

should be cleaned at this day. They only

take food made of ghee without onion

and ginger-garlic.

On the second day (the day before

Chhath) Panchami, devotees fast for

whole day and break their fast in the

evening after sunset after the worship of

the earth.

They offer Rasiao-kheer, Puris, fruits

in the puja. After taking meal in the

evening, they go on a fast without water

for the next 36 hours.

On the third day (day of Chhath) they

offer the ‘Sanjhiya Arghya’ at the ghat of

the riverbank. After Arghya, women wear

the sari of turmeric color. Other family