Thousands of devotees celebrating Chhath Puja gathered across India to pay obeisance to the Sun God during the four day festival.<br /><br />Devotees also offered prayers to the Sun on the ghats of the Ganga and other rivers and water bodies across Bihar on the occasion of Chhath.<br />In Patna, fasting men and women thronged the ghats of the Ganga and stood in waist-high water to offer prayers to the setting Sun.<br />The state government made tight security arrangement for a smooth Chhath Puja on the third day of the four-day festival which began on Friday.<br />Family members and relatives were seen assisting the 'Vratis'- those offering 'arghya' (obeisance) to the deity with home-made 'thekua', fruits, sugarcane and coconuts.<br />Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accompanied by ministers and senior officials, inspected the ghats and rode a motorboat in the Ganga from Nasriganj to Gaighat and sought blessings of the 'Vratis' for the well-being of the state, an official statement said.<br /><br />Video: ANI<br />Music: Big Bang Fuzz
