This festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the waxing moon of Bhadrapada to welcome the new rice of the season. This is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha. Which festival is this ?

Gowri Habba

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Nuakhai

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Teejdi

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Raja Parba

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Solution

The correct option is B Nuakhai
Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season.
According to the Hindu calendar it is observed on panchamitithi (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.

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