Ranchi, Oct 28 (PTI) Devotees thronged ghats across Jharkhand on Tuesday to pay obeisance to the rising sun on the concluding day of Chhath Puja.

Lakhs of devotees gathered on the banks of rivers and other water bodies since early morning to offer ‘Usha Arghya’ to the rising sun, as devotional songs were played firecrackers burst.

The festival passed off peacefully in the state, barring a few sporadic incidents of drowning, an official said.

JMM leader and Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Manji offered prayers along Ranchi's Hatnia pond on Tuesday morning, while Leader of Opposition in Jharkhand assembly and state BJP chief Babulal Marandi offered ‘Usha Arghya’ on the banks of a water body in his constituency Raj Dhanwar.

Former chief minister Raghubar Das also offered prayers at Suryadham in Jams

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