Pua Jiuntia - A Festival Mother and Son - celebrated in Western Odisha

Pua Jiuntia is a well known festival of Kosal or Western Odisha region. It is celebrated in every village and town of western Odisha in the month of Aswina. Pua Jiuntia is generally observed by mothers to invoke the grace of Lord “Dutibahana” for the long life and prosperity of their sons.

Mothers would worship Lord Dutibahana in an open space splendidly decorated with Aam Taran (mango leaves) and flowers. The offerings include 108 duba, 108 unbroken arua rice, the juinta (thread), jugar (made of puffed paddy) and tikhri (made of moong dal).

After a holy dip in a nearby river or water body, the mother breaks her fast, the next the morning, after tying the juintia on the wrist of the children. She also prepares a special dish from 21 types of vegetables and fruits, as mentioned in the mythology.

Pua Jiuntia - A Festival Mother and Son - celebrated in Western Odisha - Famous Odisha

SSC Exam Calander 2014

STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR EXAMINATIONS TO BE HELD DURING THE YEAR 2014.

 (January to December 2014).

Foundation Day’s of Indian States

1 January

Nagaland Day

21 January

Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura Day

6 February

Jammu-Kashmir Day

11 March

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Day 

22 March

Bihar Day

30 March

Rajasthan Day

1 April

Orissa Day (Utkal Day)

14 April

Tamil Nadu Day

15 April

Himachal Pradesh Day

1 May

Maharashtra & Gujarat Day

16 May

Sikkim Day

1 November

Chhattisgarh, Punjab,

Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,

Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,

Kerala and Andhra Pradesh Day

9 November

Uttaranchal (Now Uttarakhand Day)

15 November

Jharkhand Day

19 December

Goa Day

Nuakhai - The Agrarian Festival of Western Odisha

Nuakhai is a major agricultural festival of Odisha also in India. Nuakhai(also known as. Nabanna) is a festival observed by the mass over the entire western Odisha, particularly Balangir is so famous. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season.

Nuakhai --  The word "Nua" means new and "Khai" means food, so the name means the farmers are in possession of the newly harvested rice. The festival is seen as a new ray of hope, held the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. 

It has a big significance for farmers and the agricultural community. The festival celebrated at a particular time of day which is called lagan. Every home is filled with arsa pitha (a food made with rice), a popular dish in the western part of Odisha. When the lagan comes, the people first remember their village god or goddess and then have their nua.

Nuakhai is the agricultural festival of both the tribal people as well as the caste-Hindus. The festival is observed throughout Odisha, but it is particularly important in the life and culture of the tribal dominated area of Western Odisha. It is a festival for the worship of food grain. It has its best celebration in the Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Balangir, Bargarh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sonepur, Boudh and Nuapada districts of Western Odisha.

It is now very popular in allover India also.The people of Odisha loves this festival.