President, Odisha Governor, CM greet people on 'Nuakhai' festival

Nuakhai Festivities Unite Families Across Western Odisha

Sambalpur: Western Odisha erupted in festive cheer today as people across towns and villages celebrated Nuakhai, the agrarian festival that marks the arrival of the new rice harvest. Observed a day after Ganesh Chaturthi in the month of Bhadraba, Nuakhai is deeply rooted in the farming traditions of the region. The festival, whose name is derived from the Odia words “Nua” (new) and “Khai” (to eat), symbolises gratitude, prosperity and the spirit…

Western Odisha welcomes Nuakhai with fanfare and devotion

Sambalpur, Aug 28: The much-awaited agrarian festival of Nuakhai was celebrated today across the western districts of Odisha with great pomp, gaiety, and religious fervour. Marking the season’s first harvest, the festival brought together communities in villages and towns as people offered the newly harvested Nabanha crop to their presiding deities at the stipulated sacred hour this morning.In Sambalpur, Goddess Samaleswari was offered the fresh…

President, Odisha Governor, CM extend warm greetings on 'Nuakhai' festival - OrissaPOST

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Thursday greeted the people on the occasion of ‘Nuakhai’, an agrarian festival mostly celebrated in the western parts of the state. ‘Nuakhai’, which means ‘new feed’, is basically an agrarian festival where the first crop of the year is offered to the goddess in the western districts of Odisha, …

President, Odisha Governor, CM greet people on 'Nuakhai' festival

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik on Thursday greeted the people on the occasion of 'Nuakhai', an agrarian festival mostly celebrated in the western parts of the state. 'Nuakhai', which means 'new feed', is basically an agrarian festival where the first crop of the year is offered to the goddess in the western districts of Odish…

Nuakhai Juhar! Odisha Celebrates Its Agrarian Festival; President, Guv & CM Greet People

Bhubaneswar: Western Odisha is in a celebratory mode. It’s Nuakhai time and people are home to add fervour to the festivities. President Droupadi Murmu, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Thursday greeted the people on the occasion of ‘Nuakhai’, the vibrant agrarian festival celebrated predominantly in the western districts of the state, Murmu, who hails from Odisha, extended her heartfelt greetings o…