(With inputs from agencies)

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DELHI: Braving the toxic foams, thousands of devotees offered prayers to the rising sun while standing in Yamuna waters during Chhath Puja celebrations at Kalindi Kunj in Delhi on Sunday.The devotees entered the Yamuna near Kalindi Kunj to perform the Chhath rituals, they were exposed to a range of health ailments from the highly polluted waters.Devotees were seen performing rituals, partly submerged in water, even as quantities of foamy layers on the surface of the river were exceptionally high.The four-day Chhath festival began on Thursday and on the last two days, devotees performed rituals and offer evening and morning 'arghyas' (offerings) to Sun God by taking a dip in a river or other water bodies.The age-old festival is celebrated mostly by people from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh or Poorvanchal.