Kalahandi locals have a good time Nuakhai pageant

By Express News Service

BHAWANIPATNA: Locals of Kalahandi celebrated  Bhadraba Sukla Dasami with conventional fervour  on Thursday. The pageant was noticed in Bhawanipatna, Jaipatna, M. Rampur, Thuamul Rampur, Karlapat, Mahulpatna and Lanjigarh the place the lagna of the presiding deity Manikeswari was carried out by the priest and head of the Gond tribe as per customs.

In Bhawanipatna, there was lengthy queue of devotees in entrance of Manikeswari temple to obtain new paddy and chuda (flattened rice) supplied earlier than the deity. Barricades had been erected to regulate crowd. After the rituals had been over, locals of Bhawanipatna supplied Nabanna to the deities and ancestors of their respective properties. After consumption of Nabanna, individuals exchanged greetings and as per custom, Ghumura dancers got here out to carry out on streets. Nuakhai bhetghat , music and dance programmes had been organised somewhere else.  Rusi panchami Nuakhai was noticed in different areas of the district on September 11.