Agrarian Festival Nuakhai is being celebrated by which state with religious fervor and devotion?

Bihar

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The correct option is C Odisha
People across western Odisha celebrate Nuakhai, the agrarian festival of the region with religious fervor and devotion.
The celebrations begin with the ‘Nabanna’ or new rice out of newly harvested paddy crop being offered to Maa Samaleswari Devi in Sambalpur as per the ‘lagna’ or auspicious moment.
Later, people offer the ‘Nabanna’ to their presiding deities.

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