{"id":100150,"date":"2020-08-25T13:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T13:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=100150"},"modified":"2020-08-25T13:23:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T13:23:06","slug":"nuakhai-juhar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/nuakhai-juhar\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuakhai Juhar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Nuakhai Juhar festival is celebrated in which Indian State?<\/strong><br>(a) Odisha<br>(b) Kerala<br>(c) Manipur<br>(d) Rajasthan<br><strong>Answer: (a)<br>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Prime Minister of India greeted the farmers on the occasion of Nuakhai Juhar (23rd August, 2020).<\/li><li>Nuakhai Juhar is an agricultural festival, also called Nuakhai Parab or Nuakahi Bhetghat.<\/li><li>It is celebrated to welcome the new crop of the season.<\/li><li>Nuakhai is a combination of two words that signifies eating of new rice as \u2018nua\u2019 means new and \u2018khai\u2019 means eat.<\/li><li>This is the festival of Western Odisha, southern Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas of Simdega (Jharkhand).<\/li><li>Its coastal counterpart is Nabanna, observed in Coastal Odisha.<\/li><li>It is observed on panchami tithi (the fifth day) of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada (August\u2013September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.<\/li><li>Lagan is the fixed time of the day to celebrate the festival.<\/li><li>Farmers offer the first produce from their lands to Goddess Samaleswari, the famous \u2018Mother Goddess\u2019 of Sambalpur district of Odisha.<\/li><li>Sambalpuri dance forms like Rasarkeli and Dalkhai can be witnessed on this day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By-Amar Mani Upadhyay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/pm-modi-extends-greeting-to-farmers-on-nuakhai-juhar\/story-4l9IcrPrkOJkhpfCMxEaML.html#:~:text=Prime%20Minister%20Modi%20tweeted.,grain%20and%20prepare%20special%20meals.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/pm-modi-extends-greeting-to-farmers-on-nuakhai-juhar\/story-4l9IcrPrkOJkhpfCMxEaML.html#:~:text=Prime%20Minister%20Modi%20tweeted.,grain%20and%20prepare%20special%20meals.<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/odisha\/2019\/sep\/04\/families-get-together-for-nuakhai-celebration-2028677.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/odisha\/2019\/sep\/04\/families-get-together-for-nuakhai-celebration-2028677.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Nuakhai Juhar festival is celebrated in which Indian State?(a) Odisha(b) Kerala(c) Manipur(d) RajasthanAnswer: (a)Related facts: The Prime Minister of India greeted the farmers on the occasion of Nuakhai Juhar (23rd August, 2020). Nuakhai Juhar is an agricultural festival, also called Nuakhai Parab or Nuakahi Bhetghat. 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