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Consult the registry for legal use." ], "reference_period_detail": { "type": "registry_snapshot", "as_of": "2026-10-26", "label": "Registry facts checked 26 October 2026; historical dates retain their individual meanings." } } ] }, { "meta": { "id": "culture.chhath", "title": "Chhath: four days around the sun", "record_count": 1, "ritual_record_count": 4, "last_updated": "2026-10-26", "source_record_count": 1 }, "records": [ { "id": "chhath_puja", "dataset": "culture.chhath", "geography": "Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, as described by Bihar Tourism", "geographic_level": "cultural_region", "reference_period": "Sequence described by Bihar Tourism; not a dated 2026 festival calendar.", "source_ids": [ "bihar_tourism_chhath", "pib_chhath_nahay_khay_2025", "pib_chhath_kharna_2025", "pib_chhath_morning_2025" ], "public_eligible": true, "verification_status": "source_verified", "rights_status": "original_summary_of_public_facts", "description": "Chhath brings households to the water at evening and again before dawn. 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Source photographs, logos, GI artwork, certificates and descriptive prose are not republished.", "assessment": "Editorial reuse scope; not a legal clearance or GI certification." }, "tradition_classification": "living religious observance", "origin_narratives": [], "caveats": [ "Ritual descriptions are attributed cultural accounts; practice varies between households and places.", "The source pack’s Rigvedic chronology and stories linking Karna, Rama, Sita, Kunti and Priyavrata lack a specific checked textual passage. They are not promoted as established history or reproduced here.", "No claim that Chhath is the only observance worshipping the setting sun is made.", "No source photographs, devotional songs or quotations are reproduced." ], "reference_period_detail": { "type": "recurring_observance", "label": "Sequence described by Bihar Tourism; not a dated 2026 festival calendar." } } ] } ] }