Devotees prostrate on road for Sandhya Arghya

Devotees prostrated on the road as part of the Sandhya Arghya ritual on the third day of Chhath Puja in Kolkata, West Bengal on 15 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

:Chhath Puja devotees observed the Sandhya Arghya tradition on 15 November 2026 in Kolkata, lying flat on roads as an expression of devotion during the festival's third day. (Photo: NationPress)

A woman devotee accompanied by her children, all dressed in traditional attire, performed the Sandhya Arghya ritual on the third day of Chhath Puja in Kolkata, West Bengal on 15 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

:Chhath Puja brought families together at Kolkata ghats on 15 November 2026, with a woman devotee and her children in traditional dress participating in the Sandhya Arghya sun offering ceremony. (Photo: NationPress)

Fruits, vegetables, and puja offerings were arranged at a Kolkata ghat on 15 November 2026 as part of the Sandhya Arghya ritual — a traditional practice central to Chhath Puja celebrations. (Photo: NationPress)

Women clad in traditional attire gathered at a Kolkata ghat on 15 November 2026 to perform Sandhya Arghya, the evening sun worship ritual that marks the third day of Chhath Puja. (Photo: NationPress)

: Scores of women devotees in traditional dress observed the Sandhya Arghya sun offering on the third day of Chhath Puja at ghats in Kolkata on 15 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

Devotees dressed in traditional attire assembled at riverside ghats in Kolkata on 15 November 2026 to offer prayers to the setting sun as part of the Sandhya Arghya ceremony on Chhath Puja day three. (Photo: NationPress)

: The third day of Chhath Puja, observed on 15 November 2026, saw large numbers of traditionally attired devotees at Kolkata ghats for the Sandhya Arghya sun offering rites. (Photo: NationPress)

Chhath Puja devotees in traditional attire stood at the water's edge at Kolkata ghats on 15 November 2026, offering Sandhya Arghya — the ceremonial evening tribute to the sun god — on the festival's third day. (Photo: NationPress)

Women in vibrant traditional attire performed the Sandhya Arghya ritual at riverside ghats in Kolkata on 15 November 2026, marking the third day of the four day Chhath Puja festival. (Photo: NationPress)

: Kolkata's ghats were thronged by women devotees in traditional dress on 15 November 2026 for the Sandhya Arghya ritual, one of the most visually striking moments of the annual Chhath Puja observance. (Photo: NationPress)

Chhath Puja ceremonies lit up the ghats of Kolkata, West Bengal on 15 November 2026, with women in traditional dress performing the Sandhya Arghya sun offering as part of the festival's third day rites. (Photo: NationPress)

Sandhya Arghya — the dusk time offering to the sun — was observed by women devotees in traditional dress at Kolkata ghats on 15 November 2026, the third day of the Chhath Puja festival. (Photo: NationPress)

Kolkata came alive with colour on 15 November 2026 as women dressed in traditional attire marked the ongoing third day of Chhath Puja, also known as Sandhya Arghya, at ghats across the city. (Photo: NationPress)

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel maintained vigil aboard boats on 15 November 2026 during the third day of Chhath Puja — also called Sandhya Arghya — in Kolkata, ensuring devotee safety at the waterfront. (Photo: NationPress)