Devotees offer Sandhya Arghya at Pondric Park, Jaipur
Devotees offer Sandhya Arghya — a ritual evening water offering — to the setting Sun during Chhath Puja celebrations at Pondric Park in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 15 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Devotees offer Sandhya Arghya — a ritual evening water offering — to the setting Sun during Chhath Puja celebrations at Pondric Park in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 15 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Crowds of worshippers gathered at Pondric Park, Jaipur on the evening of 15 November 2026 to perform Sandhya Arghya, the pivotal sunset ritual of Chhath Puja in which devotees stand in water and offer prayers to Surya Dev (the Sun God). (Photo: NationPress)
Devotees arrange ritual offerings — including fruits, sugarcane and thekua — before presenting Sandhya Arghya to the setting Sun at Pondric Park, Jaipur during Chhath Puja on 15 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Ahead of the Sandhya Arghya ritual, devotees at Pondric Park in Jaipur, Rajasthan carefully prepared traditional prasad offerings to present to the setting Sun on 15 November 2026, marking the culminating evening of Chhath Puja. (Photo: NationPress)