नुआखाई (ओडिशा)

Western Odisha's most important festival — Nua means new, Khai means food. The first rice of the new harvest is offered to the family deity (usually Samaleswari Devi at Sambalpur or local village goddesses) and then ritually consumed by the family together. Juhar bhet (greeting ceremony) where younger family members bow to elders. Sambalpuri folk dances (Sambalpuri Danda Nata) and music.

1. RecurrenceLunar — Bhadrapada · shukla pakṣa · tithi 5 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Nuakhai (Odisha New Rice Festival)textual
4. Name (hin/Deva)नुआखाई (ओडिशा)textual
5. Name (tam/Taml)நுவாகைtextual
6. Name (tel/Telu)నుఆఖాయిtextual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ನುವಾಖಾಯಿtextual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)നുആഖായ്textual
9. Observed at21 templescommunity attested

• Temple 986b05b3deity-festival association
• Temple 1c5caa11deity-festival association
• Temple bb1f0a1fdeity-festival association
• Temple 4b4c174bdeity-festival association
• Temple 216b093edeity-festival association
• Temple 55c9c515deity-festival association
• Temple 770f4eaadeity-festival association
• Temple d736dc7bdeity-festival association
• Temple 4073b59bdeity-festival association
• Temple 84def3ffdeity-festival association
• Temple 0d17a936deity-festival association
• Temple 1f39a323deity-festival association
• And 9 more temples in the register.

• eng / LatnNuakhai (Odisha New Rice Festival)Western Odisha's most important festival — Nua means new, Khai means food. The first rice of the new harvest is offered to the family deity (usually Samaleswari Devi at Sambalpur or local village goddesses) and then ritually consumed by the family together. Juhar bhet (greeting ceremony) where younger family members bow to elders. Sambalpuri folk dances (Sambalpuri Danda Nata) and music.
• hin / Devaनुआखाई (ओडिशा)ओडिशा और झारखंड का नव अन्न उत्सव। गणेश चतुर्थी के अगले दिन नई फसल माँ लक्ष्मी को अर्पित।
• tam / Tamlநுவாகை
• tel / Teluనుఆఖాయి
• kan / Kndaನುವಾಖಾಯಿ
• mal / Mlymനുആഖായ്

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