Western Odisha celebrates Nuakhai as top leaders extend greetings

Bhubaneswar: A host of top leaders extended greetings to the people on Tuesday as western Odisha celebrated Nuakhai, the region’s major agrarian festival. Nuakhai marks the arrival of the new harvest and is celebrated with the offering of newly harvested rice, or Nabanna, to presiding deities before families partake of the new crop. In Sambalpur, ... Read more The post Western Odisha celebrates Nuakhai as top leaders extend greetings appeared first on IndiaVerve.