The Prime Minister has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of the agricultural festival Nuakhai mainly celebrated in Odisha.
Nuakhai is an agricultural harvest festival mainly observed by the people of Western Odisha. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Harvest Festival |
States |
---|---|
Makar Sankranti |
Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Himachal, West Bengal, and Punjab |
Baisakhi/ Vaisakhi |
Punjab and Haryana |
Lohri |
Punjab |
Bihu |
Assam |
Wangala |
Meghalaya and Assam |
Nuakhai |
Orissa |
Nabanna |
West Bengal |
Onam |
Kerala |
Pongal |
Tamil Nadu |
Vishu |
Kerala and Karnataka |
Gudi Padwa |
Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh |