A devotee offers Sandhya Arghya — the evening water offering to the Sun God — at Sanjay Lake in Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi, during Chhath Puja celebrations on 15 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)
Worshippers gathered at Sanjay Lake, Sarojini Nagar, on 15 November 2026 to observe Sandhya Arghya, the pivotal evening ritual of Chhath Puja in which devotees stand in water to pray to the setting Sun. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)
Chhath Puja devotees at Sanjay Lake in New Delhi performed the Sandhya Arghya ritual at sunset on 15 November 2026, offering water and prayers to Surya Dev (the Sun God) as part of the four day festival. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)
Crowds of Chhath Puja devotees converged on Sanjay Lake in Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi on 15 November 2026, wading into the water to offer Sandhya Arghya as the sun dipped below the horizon. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)
Prayers to the setting Sun marked the Sandhya Arghya ritual at Sanjay Lake, Sarojini Nagar, on 15 November 2026, with Chhath Puja devotees standing in the water holding offerings in outstretched hands as evening fell across New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)
At Sanjay Lake in Sarojini Nagar, the Sandhya Arghya ceremony on 15 November 2026 saw Chhath Puja worshippers standing knee deep in water, offering fruit, sugarcane and lamps to the Sun God at dusk. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)
Sanjay Lake in Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi served as a focal point for Chhath Puja 2026, with devotees observing the Sandhya Arghya ritual on 15 November 2026 — a centuries old tradition of gratitude and reverence towards the Sun God. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)