May Chhathi Maiya bless you with health, wealth and happiness.

The cold water at dawn is a small price for a wish carried for a lifetime.

Every basket of fruit at the ghat is a letter written to the sun, unspoken but understood.

The bamboo soop, the sugarcane, the thekua — small offerings carrying an entire family's gratitude.

Chhath Puja ki hardik shubhkamnaye — may all your prayers be answered.