Nuakhai Juhar

Why in news?

• PM Modi extends greeting to farmers on ‘Nuakhai Juhar’

About Naukhai:

• Nuakhai Juhar is an agricultural festival that is also called Nuakhai Parab or Nuakahi Bhetghat.
• Nuakhai is a combination of two words signifies eating of new rice as ‘nua’ means new and ‘khai’ means eat.
• It is mainly observed by people of Western Odisha and Southern Chhattisgarh.
• On this day, people worship food grain and prepare special meals.
• Farmers offer the first produce from their lands to Goddess Samaleswari, the famous ‘Mother Goddess’ of Sambalpur district of Odisha.

PRELIMS QUESTION

"Nuakhai Juhar” is an agricultural festival primarily celebrated in:
(a)Gujarat
(b)Nagaland
(c)Odisha
(d)Himachal Pradesh

Answer to prelims question