Today’s festivals

Third and principal day of Chhath Puja — at sunset, devotees (still fasting) stand waist-deep in a river and offer the first Arghya (water oblation) to the setting Sun. The most attended gathering of the festival; bamboo baskets of fruit, sugarcane and Thekua are offered.

• Sunset Arghya at river
• Bamboo baskets of fruit, sugarcane, coconut
• Thekua (traditional sweet)
• Diyas floated on river

Six-day fast culminating in Lord Murugan's victory over demon Soorapadman (Soorasamharam)

• 6-day fast
• Kavadi
• Vel worship
• Soorasamharam re-enactment