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Chhath puja begins

Chhath 2013: Nahai-Khai on Wednesday

Women who are 'vartis' will perform the prayers for the next three days. During the festival, married women observe a fast for 36 hours and devotees traditionally offer wheat, milk, sugar cane, bananas and coconuts to the sun.