Sambalpur, September 6 (Odisha.in) The festival of ‘Nuakhai or the ceremonial eating of new grains is going be celebrated in western Orissa on September 16.
This year Annabhoga or rice from new paddy will be offered to Maa Samaleswari the presiding deity of Sambalpur between .8/26/34 to 8/41/21 seconds, a temple priest told Odisha.in.
The timing of the ceremonial eating was fixed here Wednesday at Brahmapura temple located at city’s Jharuapada. Eminent persons who present in the meet that decided the time include Mahendra Kumar Pujari, Amarnath Mishra, Biranchi Narayan Pati, Maheswar Naik, and Iswari Prasad Mishra.
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