Women of Bihar walk in festive finery, while men prostrate on ground
- 6 years ago
Chhat Puja is considered a true test of a would-be devotee's piety, since the rituals often call for great physical and mental strength. In fact, some worshippers, as a measure of their fortitude, travel to riverbanks by repeatedly prostrating themselves on the ground (as a means of saluting the Sun God).
Women taking dips in the river are Vratins - women who, in the next couple of days, would be fasting and also offering prayers to the Sun god. As the sun rises, people pray to the sun and give thanks for all the light and life it has given to the world.
It is the month of Karthik in India, which starts around late October and ends in mid November. The occasion is Chhath Puja - an age-old ritual dating back to the Vedas and believed to have been observed by Draupadi of the Mahabharata.
Chhath, literally means 'sixth', and this day is the sixth day of the month of Karthik. It is believed that the 'Maga Purohits' from the Vedic Age had started this tradition of Sun worship.
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Women taking dips in the river are Vratins - women who, in the next couple of days, would be fasting and also offering prayers to the Sun god. As the sun rises, people pray to the sun and give thanks for all the light and life it has given to the world.
It is the month of Karthik in India, which starts around late October and ends in mid November. The occasion is Chhath Puja - an age-old ritual dating back to the Vedas and believed to have been observed by Draupadi of the Mahabharata.
Chhath, literally means 'sixth', and this day is the sixth day of the month of Karthik. It is believed that the 'Maga Purohits' from the Vedic Age had started this tradition of Sun worship.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...
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