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. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/Manjunath KIRAN