The Chhath festival culminated with Arghya being offered to the rising sun as per tradition especially members of the Poorvanchal community in various rivers and other water bodies in the State capital Dehradun and other parts of the state mostly in the plains of Terai region. In Dehradun, devotees in their multitudes could be seen in the wee hours braving the chill of the dawn hours, while standing in the water to make offerings to the sun god with the rays of the rising sun spreading a wave of fervour among the devotees, especially the women devotees who had been undertaking fasting and other rituals for days as part of the Chathh festival. Meanwhile, the government had also declared a holiday on the occasion in the state. The banks of the Tamasa river near the Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple, canals and artificial water bodies near General Mahadev Singh Road, Kesarwala, Deepnagar, Rispana river and other places witnessed crowds of devotees gathering since the pre-sunrise hours despite the cold weather. Following the sunrise and offerings being made to the sun god, prasad was distributed on the ghat after which in some of the locations, the ghats were also cleaned up after completion of the rituals.