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Special Category => ஆன்மீகம் - Spiritual => Topic started by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:43:15 AM

Title: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:43:15 AM

SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN

Chhath festival in India, also known as Surya Puja is dedicated to the god of the sun and is usually eight days after the festival of lights Diwali.
Believers fast and offer to God the water, milk and fruit at sunrise and sunset.


Hindu believers pray to the sun during the Chhath festival on the shores of Lake Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad on Chhath festival,
also known as Surya Pooja (worship of the sun)
passes in the eastern part of India. People worship the sun and water gods, eight days after the festival of lights Diwali.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:44:28 AM

Hindus pray and offer gifts to the sun during the Chhath festival on the lake Hussain Sagar

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:45:44 AM

Nepalese Hindu holds a basket of fruit, which constitute an offering to God of the Sun during Chhath festival in the Bagmati river in Kathmandu.
During Chhath festival people worship the rising and setting sun, expressing gratitude and asking for blessings from the forces of nature, mostly from the sun and river.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:46:41 AM

Indian Christians pray during Chhath festival in the river Mahananda in Siliguri.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:47:38 AM

Indian woman smiling, striking vermilion on the head of another woman, during the Chhath festival in the river Mahananda in Siliguri.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:48:36 AM

Hindu washes himself with water during the prayer the setting sun in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:49:39 AM

Indian woman brings fruit and prays the setting sun during Chhath festival in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:51:18 AM

Hindus perform the ritual in the Arabian Sea during Chhath festival in Mumbai, India.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:56:11 AM

Indians move, lying flat to the river Ganga that is part ritual, executed during the festival Chhath.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:57:05 AM

The Indian believers perform rituals on the banks of the Ganges during the Chhath festival in Calcutta.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:57:56 AM

Indian women pray during a ceremony at the festival Chhath on the river Jumna in New Delhi.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:58:49 AM

Indian women perform rituals during the festival of Chhath in the river Jumna at Allahabad.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 06:59:43 AM

The Indian women bear the traditional pots during Chhath festival on the outskirts of New Delhi.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 07:01:18 AM

Indian Christians carry out various rituals on the banks of the river Bagmati during Chhath festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 07:02:08 AM

River Bagmati during Chhath festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 07:03:02 AM

Indian woman praying to the sun during Chhath festival in the reservoir in Bangalore.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 07:03:58 AM

Woman causes vermilion on the head of another woman in the river Ganges during the Chhath festival in Allahabad.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 07:04:49 AM

Hindus pray to the sun during Chhath festival in the lake Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad.

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Title: Re: ~ SURYA PUJA - WORSHIP OF THE SUN ~
Post by: MysteRy on March 20, 2013, 07:05:58 AM

Indian women perform rituals at the festival Chhath on the river Ganges in Allahabad.

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