patna several married women and their hubbies settled abroad observed kharna on the second day of chhath on monday they paid obeisance to the sun god43yearold pallavi singh who lives at welwyn garden city in england told this newspaper over the phone that she observed chhath puja with utmost devotion i bought puja materials including soop tokri and brass pot from the market and online shopping portals i also have separate utensils for the puja she saidpallavi and her friend varsha who hail from bihar have been observing chhath in a traditional manner in england for the last six years she said we do the puja in a water pool or a small tub outside my house we light some earthen lamps and cook thekua and kheer after the puja is over we distribute prasad among our friends and neighbours who excitedly take part in the rituals they also ask us questions about the bihari culture and traditionanother patnaite jyoti kumari who is settled in gaithersburg in the usa said many of her friends performed chhath puja at the potomac river she joined them two years ago it takes almost 55 minutes for us to reach the river from my home so i decided to celebrate chhath at my house this year my mother has also joined me and brought gangajal from patna jyoti said adding the motherdaughter duo had prepared prasad togetherthere are however few things that jyoti misses she said the ghats chhath songs and the ganga river she is planning to observe chhath puja at her home in patna next year