Nuakhai Juhaar to all friends. Hope the new year brings you all - TopicsExpress



          

Nuakhai Juhaar to all friends. Hope the new year brings you all the prosperity and happiness in the world. For those not familiar with this major festival of Western Oisha, please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuakhai. Nuakhai or Nuankhai (Kosli Language: ନୂଆଖାଇ or ନୂଆଁଖାଇ and Oriya: ନବାର୍ଣ) is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India.[3] 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 or Bhaadra (August–September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. This is the most important social festival of Western Odisha.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:19:14 +0000

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