Apart from a few areas surrounding Kalindi Kunj Ghat and ITO, traffic was smooth in the other areas.
“Since Chhath Puja fell on a Sunday, there were no school buses. Many people preferred to stay indoors because of smog.
We could manage the traffic situation,” a senior traffic police officer said.
The age-old tradition of paying obeisance to the Sun God, is observed mainly by the people from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh or Poorvanchalis. The national capital has a sizeable population of people hailing from these two states.
The puja starts with the ritual of ‘Nahai-Khai’, in which devotees prepare traditional food after bathing. The second day is ‘Kharna’, during which devotees observe a day-long fast which ends after sunset.
On the third day, the devotees stand in water and offer ‘Arghya’ to the setting sun. On the final day of the puja, devotees and their friends and relatives assemble at the river bank before sunrise and offer ‘Arghya’ to the rising sun.
With an aim to woo the Bihar-UP migrant community that is seen as a major voting population in the city, Kejriwal had announced that ‘kachha’ Chhath ghats will be made into ‘pucca’ ones by next year.
Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy: holidify.com
