SAN FRANCISCO: Keeping their family tradition of generations alive, hundreds of Indian-American techies along with their friends and families gathered at a lakefront in the US city of Fremont to worship the Sun God as part of the Hindu festival of Chhath Puja. The four-day Chhath Puja began on November 17. During the festival, devotees fast and gather on the banks of rivers and ponds to offer prayers to the Sun God. “We are celebrating Chhath puja here. We started this back in 2011 and at that time only a couple of people participated. Afterwards, people started joining slowly and after 2014, it actually started to grow. Now you can see it. Around 1,200 people joined us last year, “Rakesh Singh, a resident said. This year, the organisers in Fremont offered free tickets for entry to the lakefront for the Chhath Puja celebrations.