Patna, Nov. 14 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin highlighted the discipline and cultural reach of Chhath Puja on the second day of the festival in Patna, as his wife Deepmala Srivastava prepared Kharna offerings at their home ahead of the main fasting phase.

Speaking to the reporter as devotees marked Kharna, the second day of the four-day sun-worship festival, Nabin noted that the observance centres on offering Kharna Prasad and reflects the rigorous devotion practised across Bihar.

"The second day of the great Chhath festival is marked by the consumption of Kharna Prasad. The people of Bihar observe this rigorous and demanding festival in a way that gives its rituals a unique significance," Nabin told ANI....