<figure><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95049c7e80680e05dbe7jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"/><figcaption>Photos: BIKRAM RAI AND MONIKA DEUPALA</figcaption></figure>Chhath is an important festival in Nepal’s Tarai plains dedicated to the Sun God and his sister Chhathi Maiya. The festival concluded on Saturday with ritual bathing in rivers and ponds and worshipping the setting and rising suns.Bikram Rai and Monika Deupala record the observance of the festival in Kathmandu.<img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95089c7e80680e05dbe8jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a950c9c7e80680e05dbe9jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4069" height="2713"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95109c7e80680e05dbeajpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95139c7e80680e05dbebjpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95179c7e80680e05dbecjpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a951a9c7e80680e05dbedjpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a951d9c7e80680e05dbeejpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95219c7e80680e05dbefjpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95249c7e80680e05dbf0jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95279c7e80680e05dbf1jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a952b9c7e80680e05dbf2jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a952e9c7e80680e05dbf3jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95319c7e80680e05dbf4jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95359c7e80680e05dbf5jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730"><img src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221108181140/636a95399c7e80680e05dbf6jpeg.jpg" alt="" width="4096" height="2730">Read also: <a href="https://www.nepalitimes.com/latest/chhath-market-in-biratnagar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chhath market in Biratnagar</a>, Kamal Rimal

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Chhath Parva

<img width="1050" height="537" src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221107171132/636933c79c7e80680e03dfbajpeg.jpg" alt=""/><img width="640" height="375" src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221107171132/636933ca9c7e80680e03dfbbjpeg.jpg" alt="">Gudri area of Biratnagar is hosting a two-day market for Chhath, an important festival in Nepal's Tarai.The 200m road is closed and stalls of flowers, fruits, and other materials required for the rituals line both sides of the road.Important rituals of the festivals are held at ponds, and ponds near the city have been cleaned up for the festival. <img width="640" height="482" src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221107171132/636933cc9c7e80680e03dfbcjpeg.jpg" alt=""><img width="640" height="327" src="https://superdesk-pro-c.s3.amazonaws.com/sd-nepalitimes/20221107171132/636933ce9c7e80680e03dfbdjpeg.jpg" alt="">

Chhath market in Biratnagar

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