पोला (बैल पोला)

Vidarbha and rural Maharashtra's festival honoring the ox (bail/bull) as farming partner. Farmers bathe, decorate and worship their bulls with garlands, colored powder and sweets. The decorated bulls are taken in joyous procession through the village. No farming work done. Municipal Pola in urban areas sees processions of decorated ceramic bull toys. Reflects agrarian Hindu culture.

1. RecurrenceLunar — Shravana · krishna pakṣa · tithi 30 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Pola (Bail Pola)textual
4. Name (hin/Deva)पोला (बैल पोला)textual
5. Name (tam/Taml)போலாtextual
6. Name (tel/Telu)పోలtextual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ಪೋಲtextual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)പോളtextual
9. Observed at46 templescommunity attested

• Temple 931821dbdeity-festival association
• Temple 78803ff0deity-festival association
• Temple 0b7bd8d2deity-festival association
• Temple 98ac3cd1deity-festival association
• Temple 636d7a3fdeity-festival association
• Temple 22d32af8deity-festival association
• Temple 9265571fdeity-festival association
• Temple 80afafb4deity-festival association
• Temple 674e75e3deity-festival association
• Temple 2d8fa958deity-festival association
• Temple d103e063deity-festival association
• Temple 3b28cee5deity-festival association
• And 34 more temples in the register.

• eng / LatnPola (Bail Pola)Vidarbha and rural Maharashtra's festival honoring the ox (bail/bull) as farming partner. Farmers bathe, decorate and worship their bulls with garlands, colored powder and sweets. The decorated bulls are taken in joyous procession through the village. No farming work done. Municipal Pola in urban areas sees processions of decorated ceramic bull toys. Reflects agrarian Hindu culture.
• hin / Devaपोला (बैल पोला)महाराष्ट्र का बैल पूजन उत्सव। किसान अपने बैलों को सजाकर उनकी पूजा करते हैं।
• tam / Tamlபோலா
• tel / Teluపోల
• kan / Kndaಪೋಲ
• mal / Mlymപോള

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