राजा परब (ओडिशा)

Odisha's unique 3-day festival celebrating the earth (Bhudevi / Mother Earth) as a menstruating woman — acknowledging the earth's fertility and womanhood simultaneously. Women and girls wear new clothes, eat sweets, swing on decorated jhulas (swings), play traditional games, and observe elaborate rituals. Agricultural tools are rested. The earth is not tilled for 3 days. Celebrated at Mithuna Sankranti (June).

1. RecurrenceSolar · ? · day ? · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Raja Parba (Odisha Festival of Womanhood)textual
4. Name (hin/Deva)राजा परब (ओडिशा)textual
5. Name (tam/Taml)ராஜா பர்பாtextual
6. Name (tel/Telu)రాజా పర్బtextual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ರಾಜ ಪರ್ಬtextual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)രാജ പർബtextual
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 / LatnRaja Parba (Odisha Festival of Womanhood)Odisha's unique 3-day festival celebrating the earth (Bhudevi / Mother Earth) as a menstruating woman — acknowledging the earth's fertility and womanhood simultaneously. Women and girls wear new clothes, eat sweets, swing on decorated jhulas (swings), play traditional games, and observe elaborate rituals. Agricultural tools are rested. The earth is not tilled for 3 days. Celebrated at Mithuna Sankranti (June).
• hin / Devaराजा परब (ओडिशा)ओडिशा में आषाढ़ में मनाया जाने वाला नारीत्व और भूमि-देवी का उत्सव।
• tam / Tamlராஜா பர்பா
• tel / Teluరాజా పర్బ
• kan / Kndaರಾಜ ಪರ್ಬ
• mal / Mlymരാജ പർബ

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