Pana Sankranti Maha Bishuba Sankranti | |
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![]() Pana Sankranti (Maha Vishuba Sankranti) offerings with Bela Pana | |
Official name | Pana Sankranti, Maha Bishuba Sankranti, Odia Nua Barsa |
Also called | Maha Bisuba Sankranti |
Observed by | Odias |
Type | Social, Cultural, Religious |
Significance | Odia New Year |
Celebrations | Meru Jatra, Jhaamu Jatra, Chadak Parba |
Observances | Pujas, processions, Bela Pana |
Date | 1st Baisakha of Odia calendar |
Related to | South and Southeast Asian solar New Year |
Pana Sankranti, (Odia: ପଣା ସଙ୍କ୍ରାନ୍ତି), also known as Maha Bishuba Sankranti (Odia: ମହା ବିଷୁବ ସଙ୍କ୍ରାନ୍ତି),[1][2][3] is the traditional new year day festival of Odia people in Odisha, India.[4][5][6] The festival occurs in the solar Odia calendar (the lunisolar Hindu calendar followed in Odisha) on the first day of the traditional solar month of Meṣa, hence equivalent lunar month Baisakha. This falls on the Purnimanta system of the Indian Hindu calendar.[3] It therefore falls on 13/14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar.[7]
The festival is celebrated with visits to Shiva, Shakti or Hanuman temples.[8] People take baths in rivers or major pilgrimage centers. Communities participate in mela (fairs), participate in traditional dance or acrobatic performances. Feasts and special drinks such as a chilled wood apple-milk-yoghurt-coconut drink called pana is shared, a tradition that partly is the source of this festival's name.[8][3]
Pana Sankranti is related to new year festivals in South and Southeast Asian solar New Year as observed by Hindus and Buddhists elsewhere such as Vaisakhi (north and central India, Nepal), Bohag Bihu (Assam), Pohela Boishakh (Bengal), Puthandu (Tamil Nadu) etc.[7][9]
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