In the evening, Agni Puja is performed at home in an area cordoned off by four sugarcane sticks, kheer, sweets and fruits are offered to deities and then the entire family shares it. Chhath also connects to the folk and rural roots of worshippers. The folk songs sung on the eve of Chhath are mainly in Maithili, Magadhi and Bhojpuri dialects that mirror the culture and and social mores of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the terai regions. According to Hindu mythology, Draupadi, wife of the Pandavas has a great power to cure any type of disease, including leprosy. She used to worship the Sun with utmost devotion. As a commemoration of Draupadi, it is performed in the form of Chhath Puja.
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