Nuakhai Festival Latest News
Recently, the Prime Minister of India extended greetings to people on the auspicious occasion of Nuakhai.
About Nuakhai Festival
- It is an important social festival of Western Odisha.
- The word nua means new and khai means food.
- Objective: It is an agricultural festival which is observed to welcome the new rice of the season.
- It is observed on the fifth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada or Bhaadra (August–September).
- Rituals of Naukhai Festivals
- Nuakhai is understood to have nine colours and as a consequence nine sets of rituals are followed as a prelude to the actual day of celebration.
- People offer the newly harvested crop called Nabanha to their respective presiding deities.
- After offering the Nabanha, people relish different types of delicacies prepared from the newly harvested crop.
- The Nuakhai Juhar is a major ritual of the festival.
Source: DD News
Last updated on Sep, 2026
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