Sambalpur: The mass agrarian festival ‘Nuakhai’ is being celebrated across the districts of western Odisha with religious fervour today.
As per the ritual, Nabanna or the newly harvested rice has been offered to the presiding deity of Sambalpur Goddess Samaleswari at 10.05 am today. Ahead of the offering of the Nabanna the ceremonial bath of Maa Samaleshwari was conducted and Goddess was draped in a new ‘patta’.
Devotees in large numbers thronged the temple to pay a darshan of the devotees which remained suspended till 11.15 for the performance of the rituals.
Meanwhile, CM Naveen Patnaik has wished good fortune for all on the occasion of the ‘Nuakhai’ and hoped that it would bring prosperity to the State.
ଶାନ୍ତି, ମୈତ୍ରୀ ଓ ଆନନ୍ଦର ପର୍ବ ‘ନୂଆଁଖାଇ’ ଅବସରରେ ରାଜ୍ୟବାସୀଙ୍କୁ ମୋର ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ। ରାଜ୍ୟର କୃଷକ ଭାଇଭଉଣୀଙ୍କ ସମୃଦ୍ଧି କାମନା କରିବା ସହିତ ମା' ସମଲେଇଙ୍କ ଆଶୀର୍ବାଦରୁ ଆମ ରାଜ୍ୟ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଆହୁରି ପ୍ରଗତିଶୀଳ ହେଉ। ସଭିଙ୍କୁ ମୋର ନୁଆଁଖାଇ ଜୁହାର। #NuakhaiJuhar pic.twitter.com/EwxbwJkDdW
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) September 3, 2019
Similarly, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also took to the Twitter earlier and posted a message in Odia with hearty greetings on this festival of farmers.
ନୂଆଁଖାଇ ଜୁହାର୍ । ଜୟ ମାଁ' ସମଲେଇ ।
କୃଷିଭିତ୍ତିକ ଗଣପର୍ବ ନୂଆଁଖାଇ ଅବସରରେ ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ଶୁଭକାମନା । pic.twitter.com/lfc76fvDE3
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 3, 2019
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