Agrarian festival Nuakhai celebrated in Odisha

Q.  Which festival was celebrated in Odisha in September 2016 with religious fervour to commemorate agriculture?
- Published on 08 Sep 16

a. Neukhal
b. Nuakhal
c. Nuakhai
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Nuakhai
 
Agrarian festival Nuakhai celebrated in OdishaWestern Odisha on 6th September 2016 celebrated the festival of Nuakhai, an agricultural festival of the region with fervour.
  • Celebrations commenced with Nabanna in which freshly harvested rice was offered to Goddess Samaleswari as per Lagna or the auspicious moment
  • The deity was also adorned with new vestments and ornaments not the occasion.
  • People then offered Nabanna to presiding deities.
  • This agricultural festival is observed by Western Odisha’s agrarian community to welcome the new rice of the season
  • Festival is linked to Goddess Samaleswari in Sambalpur while Patneswari in Balangir, Sureshwari in Subarnapur and Sekharbasini in Sundargarh are worshipped.
  • The Hindu calendar holds that this this festival is marked by gratitude to the bumper crop, good rain and suitable farming weather and is observed the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi on the fifth day of the lunar calendar of August-September.
  • Eldest members of the family also worship paddy fields and cattle during this festival

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