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Which ancient four-day festival, celebrated mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern Uttar Pradesh, involves devotees offering prayers to the setting and rising sun while standing in water?

Chhath Puja is dedicated to Surya, the Sun God, and Chhathi Maiya, with devotees fasting and offering arghya at riverbanks during sunrise and sunset.

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