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A Hindu woman devotee makes her way towards the Kathajodi River in a prostrating position as part of rituals during Chhath Puja festival near Cuttack, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout) ( APTOPIX India Hindu Festival )

Indian Hindu devotees perform rituals as they worship the setting sun during Chhath Puja while standing in a water body in Kolkata on November 8, 2013. Devotees pay obeisance to both the rising and the setting sun during the Chhath festival when people express their thanks and seek the blessings of the forces of nature, mainly the Sun and the River. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 524461694 )

Hindu devotees perform rituals at sunset during Chhath Puha festival in the Arabian Sea, Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) ( APTOPIX India Hindu Festival )

Hindu women devotees perform rituals during the Chhath Puja festival at a lake in Kolkata, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) ( India Hindu Festival )

A young Hindu girl takes a photograph of her relative as they gather on the banks of the Arabian Sea to perform rituals on Chhath Puja festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) ( India Hindu Festival )

A Hindu devotee performs rituals to the setting sun in the River Brahmaputra during Chhath Puja festival in Gauhati, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. . (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) ( India Hindu Festival )

A Hindu devotee performs rituals at sunset in the Tawi River during Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Hindu Festival )

A Nepalese woman performs rituals on the banks of the Bagmati River during Chhath puja festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) ( Nepal Hindu Festival )

Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers at sunset during Chhath Puja festival in the Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees pray to the Sun God as part of the Chhath puja at a lake in Bangalore on November 8, 2013. The Chhath puja includes holy bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water (Vratta), standing in water for long periods of time, and offering prashad (prayer offerings) and arghya to the setting and rising sun. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463822 )

Hindu devotees hold coconuts and stand in water to perform rituals to the setting sun during Chhath Puja festival in Bangalore, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) ( India Hindu Festival )

Indian Hindu devotees offer prayer during the 'Chhat Puja 'while standing in the sarover (water tank) of the Durgiana temple in Amritsar on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO /NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images ( 524460808 )

A Hindu devotee lights incense sticks as devotees pray to the Sun God as part of the Chhath puja at a lake in Bangalore on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463786 )

Hindu devotees pray to the Sun God as part of the Chhath puja at a lake in Bangalore on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463753 )

An Indian woman offer prayers at the seafront during the 'Chhath Puja' festival in Mumbai on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463173 )

Nepalese women offer prayers on the banks of the Bagmati River during Chhath puja festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) ( Nepal Hindu Festival )

Nepalese Hindu devotees move while lying prostrate, as part of a ritual, on the banks of Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) ( Nepal Hindu Festival )

A Hindu woman puts vermillion powder on the forehead of another during prayers at sunset in the Tawi River to mark Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees perform rituals to the setting sun in the River Brahmaputra during Chhath Puja festival in Gauhati, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees walk back from the River Ganges after performing rituals during sunset on Chhath Puja festival in Patna, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui) ( India Hindu Festival )

A Hindu woman devotee performs rituals during the Chhath Puja festival at a lake in Kolkata, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) ( India Hindu Festival )

A Nepalese woman offers prayers in the Bagmati River during Chhath puja festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) ( Nepal Hindu Festival )

Hindu women devotees perform rituals during the Chhath Puja festival at a lake in Kolkata, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees perform rituals to the setting sun in the River Niranjana during Chhath Puja festival in Bodhgaya, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Manish Bhandari) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees perform rituals at sunset in the Tawi River during Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees stand in water as they perform rituals to the setting sun during Chhath Puja festival in Bangalore, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees stand in water as they perform rituals to the setting sun during Chhath Puja festival in Bangalore, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees move while lying prostrate, as part of a ritual, towards the Arabian Sea during Chhath Puja festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) ( India Hindu Festival )

Members of a brass band perform during a procession to mark Chhath Puja festival at a lake in Kolkata, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) ( APTOPIX India Hindu Festival )

Indian Hindu devotees perform rituals as they worship the setting sun during Chhath Puja while standing in a water body in Kolkata on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 524461701 )

Indian Hindu devotees perform rituals at sunset during Chhath Puja festival in the Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) ( India Hindu Festival )

Devotees perform rituals to the setting sun in the River Brahmaputra during Chhath Puja festival in Gauhati, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) ( India Hindu Festival )

A Nepalese Hindu devotee offers prayers in the Bagmati River during Chhath puja festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) ( Nepal Hindu Festival )

A Hindu devotee holds a lamp and offers prayers in the Kathajodi River during Chhath Puja festival near Cuttack, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout) ( India Hindu Festival )

A Hindu devotee stands in water and performs rituals to the setting sun during Chhath Puja festival in Bangalore, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees perform rituals to the setting sun in the Swarnrekha River during Chhath Puja festival in Ranchi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Sasanka Sen) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu women devotees perform rituals during the Chhath Puja festival at a lake in Kolkata, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) ( India Hindu Festival )

Hindu devotees prepare ritualistic offerings before praying to the Sun God on the banks of the Tawi River during Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Hindu Festival )

A Hindu woman puts vermillion powder on the forehead of another during prayers at sunset in the Tawi River to mark Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Hindu Festival )

Nepalese women perform rituals on the banks of the Bagmati River during Chhath Puja festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) ( Nepal Hindu Festival )

A Hindu devotee offers prayers to the Sun God in the Tawi River during Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Hindu Festival )

Thousands of Hindu devotees crowd the banks of the River Ganges to perform rituals on Chhath Puja festival in Patna, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui) ( India Hindu Festival )

Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers during the 'Chhat Puja 'while standing in the sarover (water tank) of the Durgiana temple in Amritsar on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO /NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images ( 524460835 )

Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers during the 'Chhat Puja 'while standing in the sarover (water tank) of the Durgiana temple in Amritsar on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO /NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images ( 524460825 )

Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers during the 'Chhat Puja 'while standing in the sarover (water tank) of the Durgiana temple in Amritsar on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO /NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images ( 524460837 )

Hindu devotees pray to the Sun God as part of the Chhath puja at a lake in Bangalore on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463804 )

Indian Hindu devotees offer prayer during the 'Chhat Puja 'while standing in the sarover (water tank) of the Durgiana temple in Amritsar on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO /NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images ( 524460820 )

Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers during the 'Chhat Puja 'while standing in the sarover (water tank) of the Durgiana temple in Amritsar on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO /NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images ( 524460850 )

Indian Hindu devotees perform rituals as they worship the setting sun during Chhath Puja while standing in a water body in Kolkata on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 524461656 )

Indian Hindu devotees perform rituals as they worship the setting sun during Chhath Puja while standing in a water body in Kolkata on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 524461682 )

Indian children burst fire crackers as Hindu devotees perform rituals during Chhath Puja in Kolkata on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 524461711 )

An Indian man creeps towards the sea during the 'Chhath Puja' festival in Mumbai on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463115 )

Indian women offer prayers near the sea front during the 'Chhath Puja' festival in Mumbai on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463134 )

An Indian man creeps towards the sea during the 'Chhath Puja' festival in Mumbai on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463144 )

Indian women offer prayers at the seafront during the 'Chhath Puja' festival in Mumbai on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463197 )

Hindu devotees pray to the Sun God as part of the Chhath puja at a lake in Bangalore on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463830 )

Hindu devotees hold coconuts as they stand in water to perform rituals to the setting sun during Chhath Puja festival in Bangalore, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) ( India Hindu Festival )

Indian women offer prayers in the sea during the 'Chhath Puja' festival in Mumbai on November 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 524463159 )