माघ बिहू (भोगाली बिहू)

Bhogali means enjoyment and eating — the harvest thanksgiving Bihu celebrated around Makar Sankranti (January). Communities build Meji (bamboo and thatch huts) in open fields the night before; feasts are held inside all night. At dawn the Meji is set ablaze as an offering. Traditional rice cakes (pithas: til pitha, sunga pitha, ghila pitha) are the culinary centerpiece. Assam's most community-oriented festival.

1. RecurrenceSolar · ? · day ? · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Magh Bihu (Bhogali Bihu — Harvest Celebration)textual
4. Name (hin/Deva)माघ बिहू (भोगाली बिहू)textual
5. Name (tam/Taml)மாக் பிஹுtextual
6. Name (tel/Telu)మాఘ్ బిహుtextual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ಮಾಘ ಬಿಹುtextual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)മാഘ് ബിഹുtextual
9. Observed at60 templescommunity attested

• Temple 271ffe6cdeity-festival association
• Temple 4aea468fdeity-festival association
• Temple 0e83bf0adeity-festival association
• Temple 42ce9303deity-festival association
• Temple a52e6cf4deity-festival association
• Temple 93b31448deity-festival association
• Temple 2c964889deity-festival association
• Temple 741d5fc7deity-festival association
• Temple 2769fe7fdeity-festival association
• Temple 6747edbbdeity-festival association
• Temple 9416ed89deity-festival association
• Temple 831e447fdeity-festival association
• And 48 more temples in the register.

• eng / LatnMagh Bihu (Bhogali Bihu — Harvest Celebration)Bhogali means enjoyment and eating — the harvest thanksgiving Bihu celebrated around Makar Sankranti (January). Communities build Meji (bamboo and thatch huts) in open fields the night before; feasts are held inside all night. At dawn the Meji is set ablaze as an offering. Traditional rice cakes (pithas: til pitha, sunga pitha, ghila pitha) are the culinary centerpiece. Assam's most community-oriented festival.
• hin / Devaमाघ बिहू (भोगाली बिहू)असम का फसल उत्सव। माघ माह में मेजी (अग्नि) जलाई जाती है और भोज का आयोजन होता है।
• tam / Tamlமாக் பிஹு
• tel / Teluమాఘ్ బిహు
• kan / Kndaಮಾಘ ಬಿಹು
• mal / Mlymമാഘ് ബിഹു

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URN · magh-bihu