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0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.372168em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">\u201cKaanch Hi Baans Ke Bahangiya,\u201d (1996) sung by Anuradha Paudwal, sets the tone for Chhath rituals and devotion towards Chhathi Maiyya<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"9d74e7ec-4485-4340-a918-ca32156f1620\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-0b106885-b0c3-4545-86ed-6d7549cb4f9c [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2000,\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" 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style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" srcSet=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3.jpg 720w,https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-585x1040.jpg 585w,https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-576x1024.jpg 576w,https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-169x300.jpg 169w,https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-150x267.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 45vh, 100vw\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<div class=\"element-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.7) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-background-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, 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style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5171787709497211% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.372168em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">\u201cKelwa Ke Paat Par\u201d (1986) by Sharda Sinha paints the vibrant scene of Vrati (fasting) women offering prayers along the riverbanks<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"3d0760f7-d4ec-447f-9e65-05d33c594a32\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-10dfcfdf-be7f-4738-8ca6-202fe440b2f0 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) 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