Odisha celebrating Nuakhai with great Fervor & Gaiety
ONI Bureau: People of Western Odisha, undivided Koraput district and some other parts of the state are celebrating Nuakhai with great religious fervor and gaiety today. As per the ‘Lagna’, the season’s first crop ‘Nabanna’ was offered to Goddess Samaleswari between 8:10 AM & 8:40 AM.
Nuakhai generally falls during the months of August and September, where it is celebrated just a day after Ganesh Chaturthi. Maa Samaleswari in Sambalpur, Pataneswari in Bolangir, Manikeswari in Kalahandi and in other places the presiding deities are offered the ‘Nabanna’. People greet each other with ‘Nuakhai Juhar’.
‘Navanna’ the first paddy of the khariff season is offered to the Mother Goddess to seek her blessings for a bumper crop in the next harvest season.
On the occasion of Nuakhai festival, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, PCC President Niranjan Patnaik and former MP Baijayant Panda greeted the people.
ନୂଆଁ ଧାନ୍ ସାଙ୍ଗେ ନୂଆଁ ଆଶା ନେଇକରି ପାଲନ୍ କରୁନ୍ ଇ ଭାଇଚାରାର୍ ପରବ୍ ନୂଆଁଖାଇ। ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କର୍ ସୁଖ ଆର୍ ସମୃଦ୍ଧି କାମନା କରୁଛେଁ। ସଭିଙ୍କୁ ମୋର୍ ନୂଆଁଖାଇ ଜୁହାର୍। #NuakhaiJuhar pic.twitter.com/gmMgMkZooQ
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) September 14, 2018
ଗଣପର୍ବ ନୂଆଁଖାଇ ରେ ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ଶୁଭକାମନା । pic.twitter.com/ZL8ilOAX31
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 14, 2018
ସଭିଙ୍କୁ ନୂଆଁଖାଇ ଜୁହାର
ନୁଆଁଖାଇରେ ଆସନ୍ତୁ କରିବା ଏକ ନୂଆ ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ପରିକଳ୍ପନା pic.twitter.com/MG2200jM1z
— Niranjan Patnaik (@NPatnaikOdisha) September 14, 2018
.@PandaJay ଙ୍କ ପକ୍ଷରୁ ଆମ ପଶ୍ଚିମ #Odisha ର ଗଣପର୍ବ 'ନୂଆଁଖାଇ' ର ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ।
ମା' ସମଲେଇଙ୍କ କୃପାରୁ ଭାଇଚାରାର ପର୍ବ ନୂଆଁଖାଇ ସଭିଙ୍କ ଜୀବନରେ ହସଖୁସି ଭରିଦେଉ।ସବୁ ନାନୀ ବହେନ୍ ଆରୁ ଭାଏ ଦାଦାମାନ୍ କୁ ନୂଆଁଖାଇର୍ ଜୁହାର୍। ମା' ସମ୍ଲେଇଙ୍କର୍ କୁର୍ ପା ସବ୍ କର୍ ଉପ୍ ରେ ଥାଉ।🙏🙏🙏#NuakhaiJuhar pic.twitter.com/KpzmTnfkoM
— Baijayant Panda Odia (@Panda_Odia) September 14, 2018
Greetings from @PandaJay on #Nuakhai
It’s a festival of new cultivation, new hopes & aspirations of the people in #Odisha. Farmers offer the first produce from their lands to goddess Samaleswari, to whom the festival is dedicated. May her blessings be with all.#NuakhaiJuhar 🙏 pic.twitter.com/WZiA8z73RV
— Office of Jay Panda (@mp_office) September 14, 2018