Chhath celebrated across UP; Yogi offers prayers to Sun in Lucknow

Lucknow, Nov 15 (UNI) Devotees across Uttar Pradesh celebrated Chhath on Saturday, with fasting women offering 'arghya' to the setting sun on the third day of the four-day festival. In Lucknow, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered prayers to the Sun God and showered flower petals on devotees at a ghat. He also extended greetings to people on the occasion of Chhath Mahaparva in Bhojpuri. May the blessings of Chhathi Maiya remain upon everyone, he said, adding that the festival is an occasion to express gratitude to nature, water and the Sun. It also teaches devotion, purity and discipline, he said.…