How is Pana Sankranti celebrated in Odisha?
On the day of the Pana Sankranti, an earthen pot is filled with a sweet drink which is known as Pana. Then the pot is hung over a Basil (Tulsi) tree. A hole is made at the bottom of the pot to allow the sweet water to fall drop by drop. This represents the rainy season.
What is Pana in Odisha?
Share. Cuttack: Pana Sankranti, also known as Maha Vishuba Sankranti, is the traditional new year day festival of Hindus in Odisha. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar calendar, as the first day of the traditional solar month of Mesha.
Why is Pana Sankranti celebrated?
Arundhati, a member of Odia Samaj, said, “The Odia New Year or Pana Sankranti is celebrated to mark the harvesting of pulses. It also marks the start of summer season. The cold dishes like sattu, bel pana are offered to people to save them from scorching heat.
Which festival is celebrated as Odia new year?
Pana Sankranti Maha Bishuba Sankranti
Pana Sankranti
| Pana Sankranti Maha Bishuba Sankranti | |
|---|---|
| Significance | Odia New Year |
| Celebrations | Meru Jatra, Jhaamu Jatra, Chadak Parba |
| Observances | Pujas, processions, Bela Pana |
| Date | 1st Baisakha of Odia calendar |
What is Bela called in English?
/belā/ nf. fiddle countable noun. Some people call violins fiddles.
What is Gudi Padwa in Odisha?
Ugadi and Gudi Padwa which take place a few weeks before are also traditional new years for other Hindu communities. In the Odia tradition, this day is believed to be the birthday of the Hindu deity Hanuman, made famous by his loving devotion to Vishnu avatar Rama in the epic Ramayana.
What is odisha new year called?
Mahabishuba Sankranti
Also known as Mahabishuba Sankranti, Maha Vishuba Sankranti is the traditional solar new year of Odisha.
What is Makar Sankranti in Odia?
Odisha. The festival is known as Makara Sankranti in Odisha where people prepare makara chaula (Odia: ମକର ଚାଉଳ): uncooked newly harvested rice, banana, coconut, jaggery, sesame, rasagola, Khai/Liaa and chhena puddings for naivedya to gods and goddesses.
What do you call Hurigadale in English?
Hurigadale. Kidney Beans. Rajma. Rajma. Lentil (split or whole)
What is Padwa Diwali?
Bali Pratipadā, also called as Bali Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali to earth. Bali Padyami falls in the Gregorian calendar months October–November.
What does Padwa mean?
The name Gudi Padwa is made using two words- ‘Gudi’, which means flag or emblem of Lord Brahma and ‘Padwa’ which means the first day of the phase of the moon. Rabi crops are reaped after this festival as it also signifies the arrival of the spring season.