• Newsletters
  • Gift Membership
Logo Logo
Take Scroll With You Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The India Fix
  • Eco India
  • The Latest
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • Trending
    • How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
    • ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
    • ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941
    • Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?
    • 'Undignified' Modi caricature: Indore cartoonist denied anticipatory bail by MP High Court
    • In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
    • Demolishing homes of India’s urban poor fails to address the root causes for informal settlements
    • How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan
    • In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad
    • Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’
    • ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
    • For young readers: The lives of three school friends become entwined in riot-ridden Darjeeling
  • Sections
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Science and Technology
    • In Pictures
    • Announcements
    • Bookshop
    • The Field
    • Pulse
    • Elections 2024

Ad
OTHERS ARE

Reading icon icon

  • How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
    1

    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

  • ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
    2

    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary

  • ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941
    3

    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

  • Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?
    4

    Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?

  • 'Undignified' Modi caricature: Indore cartoonist denied anticipatory bail by MP High Court
    5

    'Undignified' Modi caricature: Indore cartoonist denied anticipatory bail by MP High Court

  • In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
    6

    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells

  • Demolishing homes of India’s urban poor fails to address the root causes for informal settlements
    7

    Demolishing homes of India’s urban poor fails to address the root causes for informal settlements

  • How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan
    8

    How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan

  • In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad
    9

    In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad

  • Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’
    10

    Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’

Around the Web

Watch: Scenes from Chhath celebrations in the US, from making sweets to cultural performances

From New Jersey to Texas, Indians living in the US got together to celebrate the festival offer obeisance to the sun god.

Scroll Staff
Oct 31, 2022 · 11:00 am
Read in App

#WATCH | A large number of devotees from several locations across The United States including New Jersey, Texas and Massachusetts offer 'Arag' to God Sun on the occasion of #ChhathPuja pic.twitter.com/5pw05jqDpT

— ANI (@ANI) October 31, 2022

"Pura America ko hila dijye! Bolo Chhath maiya Ki Jai!!"#ChhathPuja2022 celebrations at Algonkian Regional Park along the Potomac river in Virginia, USA ! #BiharFoundationChhath #ChhathPuja pic.twitter.com/tjty6xUlG7

— Bihar Foundation (@biharfoundation) October 31, 2022

Traditional #Chhath songs are indispensable part of the 4-day mahaparv. Community members gather to celebrate #ChhathPuja2022 in Connecticut, US.#BiharFoundationChhath #ChhathPuja pic.twitter.com/VoFqush4WP

— Bihar Foundation (@biharfoundation) October 31, 2022

Members of the Bihari diaspora preparing "Thekua", Chhath's special prasad, during #ChhathPuja at Newington, Connecticut, USA.#BiharFoundationChhath #chhathpuja2022 #छठ pic.twitter.com/9wUg0Tan3l

— Bihar Foundation (@biharfoundation) October 30, 2022
We welcome your comments at letters@scroll.in.
  • US
  • religion
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS

Related

Watch: Republican National Convention delegates wear ear bandages in support of Donald Trump

Watch: Republican National Convention delegates wear ear bandages in support of Donald Trump

Trending

  1. How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

  2. ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary

    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary

  3. ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

  4. Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?

    Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?

  5. 'Undignified' Modi caricature: Indore cartoonist denied anticipatory bail by MP High Court

    'Undignified' Modi caricature: Indore cartoonist denied anticipatory bail by MP High Court

Ad