Western Odisha celebrates Nuakhai with zeal, enthusiasm
Sambalpur (08/09/2024): The annual agrarian festival Nuakhai is being celebrated in every nook and corner of Western Odisha with much fanfare and religious fervour on Sunday. Marking the occasion, people offered the newly harvested Nabanna (new rice) crop to their respective presiding deities as per the fixed auspicious time this morning. The ‘Nabanna’ (newly harvested rice) was offered to Goddess Samaleswari, the presiding deity of Sambalpur, between 9.12 am and 9.27 am today.
‘Nabanna’ was also offered to Goddess Pateneswari in Balangir. After providing the ‘Nabanna’, people relished different delicacies prepared from the newly harvested crop along with their family members. President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi, Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik and BJP National Vice-President Baijayant Panda extended their greetings to the people on the festival of Nuakhai and prayed peace and prosperity in the country. Chief Minister Mohan Majhi will launch the CM Kisan Yojana as a Nuakhai gift from the Odisha government to farmers at the auditorium of Gangadhar Meher University in Sambalpur at 4 pm today.
