People dressed in colourful clothes and carrying baskets full of offerings converged at the riverside here on Saturday to celebrate Chhath.
Lok Sabha MP from Guwahati Queen Ojah and former Assam chief minister Prafulla Mahanta visited a Chhath Puja ghat near Fancy Bazar and greeted people on the occassion. Several top state government officials were also present.
Men, women and children started thronging the designated Chhath venues since early afternoon.
Similar scenes could be seen in towns across the state as devotees.
Tiwari was all praise for the administration for providing police and emergency teams.