Light illuminates a devotee as she offers prayers to the setting sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 6, 2016. Chhath is an ancient Hindu Vedic festival historically native to eastern Uttar Pradesh, North Bihar of India and Mithila State of Nepal. The Chhath Puja is dedicated to the Sun and his wife Usha in order to thank them for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. This festival is observed by Nepalese people and Indian people, along with their diaspora. The rituals of the festival are rigorous and are observed over a period of four days. They include holy bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water (Barta), standing in water for long periods of time, and offering prashad (prayer offerings) and arghya to the setting and rising sun. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers to the setting sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 6, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Light illuminates a devotee as she offers prayers to the setting sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 6, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers to the setting sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 6, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee offers prayer during the “Chhat” festival along the bank of Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 6, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee holds burning incense while offering prayer to the setting sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 6, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee offers prayers to the setting sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 6, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee (L) offers tika to her friend during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 6, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers to the rising sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A vendor cooks tea for the devotees during the “Chhat” festival along the bank of Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee holding offering and incense in her hands offers prayers to the rising sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees gather around a fire as they wait to offer prayer to the rising sun during the “Chhat” festival along the bank of Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee offers prayers to the rising sun during the “Chhat” festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal November 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese woman pours milk as she offers prayers to the setting Sun on the banks of the Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, November 6, 2016. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees worship the rising sun while standing in the waters of the Arabian Sea during Chhat Puja in Mumbai, India, November 7, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee holds offerings as she worships the rising sun while standing in the waters of the Arabian Sea during Chhat Puja in Mumbai, India, November 7, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Hindu devotees gather to worship the Sun God on the banks of the Sun Lake during the religious festival of Chhat Puja in Chandigarh, India, November 7, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee holds offerings as she worships the rising sun while standing in the waters of the Arabian Sea during Chhat Puja in Mumbai, India, November 7, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee holds offerings as she worships the Sun God in the waters of a pond during the religious festival of Chhat Puja in Kolkata, November 7, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Hindu devotees hold earthen lamps as they worship the rising sun at the corner of a pond during the religious festival of Chhat Puja in Kolkata, November 7, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Hindu devotees hold offerings as they worship the Sun god in the waters of the Sabarmati river during the religious festival of Chhat Puja in Ahmedabad, India, November 7, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)