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Nuakhai Festival 2025 – Odisha
September 3 , 2025
16 hrs 0 min
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- Nuakhai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha, celebrated to welcome the season's new rice.
- Determined by the lunar calendar, the day falls on the 'Panchami tithi' (the fifth day) of the lunar fortnight.
- The word 'nua' translates to new and 'khai' means food.
- Families gathered to share the season's first grain, Nabanna, offered to deities before being contributed in communal meals.
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