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Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival historically native to the Indian subcontinent, more specifically, the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal, Jharkhand, and the Nepalese provinces of Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chhath puja are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, to show gratitude and thankfulness for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and to request that certain wishes be granted.
Chhathi Maiya, the sixth form of Devi Prakriti and Lord Surya's sister is worshipped as the Goddess of the festival. It is celebrated six days after Deepavali, on the sixth day of the lunar month of Kartika (October–November) in the Hindu calendar Vikram Samvat. The rituals are observed over four days. They include holy bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water (vrata), standing in water, and offering prasad (prayer offerings) and arghya to the setting and rising sun. Some devotees also perform a prostration march as they head for the river banks.
This photo was taken in my village Simari in Madhubani district, Bihar. The puja was done in the village pond and the temple can be seen in the background.
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A young boy in the brick factory area of Patna. Shot on my second Nov 2013 Indian workshop: www.maciejdakowicz.com/past-workshops/street-and-travel-p...
Tomada el día 18 de abril al atardecer con la siempre grata compañía de mi amigo Jose Ramos. Una bonita vista de las rocas en las que nace mi pueblo: Muskiz.
Monks walking through the gates at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India
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Published in National Geographic Traveller - India - Oct 2016 issue
On a cold morning the train to Nepal is ready to leave
The Nepal Government Railway NG line which has recently finally closed in 2015. In the future a new broad gauge line will be build into Nepal.
Jaynagar
Bihar
India
13 December 2005
Sonepur Mela, Bihar, India, 2012.
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Young Indian men film on their mobile phones girls dancing on the stage inside on of the theatres at Sonepur Mela, one of Asia's largest cattle fairs held in the Indian state of Bihar. The fair starts on Karthik Purnima (the full moon day) in November and lasts for around a month. It starts as a religious Hindu festival with thousands of pilgrims taking a ritual bath in Gandak river, near its confluence with the Ganges, on the full moon day. Soon the religious event transforms itself into a large fair trade and amusement park. Today, not only elephants, horses or cows are displayed and traded, but also countless goods and services, such as clothing, beauty products, food, electronics and cars. Many large and small Indian companies are present and have their booths and stalls at the fair. Together with commercial activities there are many entertainment options available. A festive, carnival atmosphere prevails - giant ferries wheels, numerous rides, wells of deaths, circuses and various performance shows offer amusement for families, children, women and men.
When it gets dark lights go on on facades of the largest structures of the mela - the theatres staging dancing girls shows and there is around ten of them. Soon queues of excited men form and security guards with wooden sticks keep them in order. Men with tickets in their hands impatiently wait to see young girls dancing on the stage. After 6pm the gates open and everybody rushes to get best seats - closer to the stage means being closer to the girls. A barbed wire fence separates the stage from rows of battered chairs. Around 8pm the show finally starts. Bollywood songs are on full volume and the excitement culminates. A large group of 20-30 girls dances on the stage to the sound of Indian hits - you see mostly young faces, heavy make-ups and colorful, mainly Western clothing. Some girls move without any enthusiasm clearly not enjoying being on the stage, while others are really into it - dance, sing and interact with the public. Reactions of the onlookers are also different - some have reserved and indifferent looks, others watch with eyes and mouth wide open and others enthusiastically shout and dance on their chairs and pass money to the best girls. Numerous mobile phones are filming the whole performance to enjoy the show again afterwards. The whole spectacle lasts around 2 hours, starts again on the next day and goes on for the whole duration of the mela.
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