Nuakhai : Agricultural festival of Odisha.

Q.  Nuakhai is mainly observed by people of
- Published on 21 Sep 15

a. Odisha
b. West Bengal
c. Bihar
d. Rajasthan

ANSWER: Odisha
 
Nuakhai or Nuankhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season. According to the Hindu calendar it is observed on panchami tithi (the fifth day) of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada (August–September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. This is the most important social festival of Western Odisha.

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