September 20, 2023 1:16 PM

Odisha celebrates Nuakhai festival with prompt and gaiety

The much-awaited day, Nuakahi, for the people of western Odisha districts, came today with much pomp and gaiety. The major agrarian festival of this region is being celebrated in every nook and corner collectively with much fanfare and religious fervour. People offer the newly harvested Nabanha crop to their respective presiding deities at a stipulated moment this morning. While Goddess Samaleswari is being worshipped in Sambalpur, Pateneswari in Bolangiri, Sureshwari in Sonepur, Sekharbasini in...