Sabitri Brata puja of odisha.

The 'Amavasya' (last day of the dark fortnight) in the month of 'Jyestha' is known as "Savitri Amavasya" or "Savitri Brata". This day is most auspicious for the married Hindu women they wear the new various types of sarees and decorate it'self with various ornaments for their husbands well wishes. They observe the brata it as a vow with great devotion and pray for the long life of their husbands.

Things Needed for sabitri puja.

Chandrabhaga fair or Magha Saptami festival.

Magha Saptami is an important festival which is dedicated to Lord surya, the sun god in Hinduism. This festival is specially observed on the seventh day of the shukla paksha of magha month. On this day people take the holy dip on sunrise. This beautiful and colorful festival held at Chandrabhaga and a grand fair held at khandagiri near Bhubaneswar on that day  which continue for seven day. Millions of devotees take a dip in the holy river that's way it is called magha masa buda or Chandrabhaga fair.

Magha Saptami

Dwutibahan Osha – The typical Odia Osha

In Odisha, markets were fully crowded with mothers for individual purchases for ‘Pua Jiuntia’ and for Dwuitibahan Osha. This festival dedicated the special bond between mother and her child. All over Odisha mothers fasting the whole day without drinking water for the well being of their children.

Dwuitibahan is a unique festival of Orissa. This festival is celebrated in every rural village and town of Orissa in the month of Aswina. On that day Mothers wear the New saree and  worship Lord Dutibahana in an open space with full of decorated chandua and Amba Taran (mango leaves) and flowers. On this Puja, mothers take various types of fruits and also offer   108 duba, 108 unbroken arua rice, the thread, Mua (made of puffed paddy). After offering puja, mothers came to their home and tied the thread in her child's hand.

On Next day mother takes a holy dip in a nearby river, and prepare the 21 types of vegetable curry, kheer, and suji manda and offer to the Lord Duitibahan and distribute the Prasad to their neighbours after that mother breaks her fast with full devotions... 

Diwali is one of the biggest festivals of Hindu

Diwali is one of the biggest festivals of Hindus, celebrated with great interest and happiness in India. The festival is celebrated for five continuous days, where the third days is celebrated as the main Diwali festival or 'Festival of lights'.

Different colorful varieties of fireworks are always connected with this festival. On this auspicious day, people light up diyas and candles all around their house. They perform Laxmi Puja in the evening and seek divine blessings of Goddess of Wealth. The festival of Diwali is never complete without exchange of gifts. People send for diwali to their near and dear ones. 

Diwali is an important festival for Hindus. The name of festive days as well as the rituals of Diwali varies greatly among Hindus, based on the region of India. In many parts of India, the festivities start with Dhanteras(in Northern & Western part of India), followed by Naraka Chaturdasi on second day, Deepavali on the third day, Diwali Padva dedicated to wife–husband relationship on the fourth day, and festivities end with Bhau-beej dedicated to sister–brother bond on the fifth day. Dhanteras usually falls eighteen days after Dussehra.

DIWALI FESTIVAL DATES:

• 9 Nov 15 - Dhanteras
• 10 Nov 15 - Choti Diwali
• 11 Nov 15 -Diwali
• 13 Nov 15 - Bhai Dooj

Puri yatra in 2015

Jagannath Rath Yatra is an Hindu festival celebrated every year in the Indian travel spot Odisha at Puri. When is Puri Rath Yatra 2015 is going to be held on 18-July,Saturday this year in the holy city of Hindus Puri, which is a part of Char Dham pilgrimages. Jagannath rath yatra 2015 will showcase the majestic presentation of three grand chariots loaded with idols of God.

This religious festival in Jagannath dham Puri is held every year in the months of June or July. Devotees in millions travel Puri Jagannath temple from around the globe to attend this spiritual festival which is believed to be the gateway to heaven.

On the first day of Jagannath rath yatra 2015 or Car Festival 2015 the journey will begin from the Jagnnath temple puri when the deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balrama and Devi Subhadra will come out. There are several rituals involved as part of the entire Puri Car Festival procession. At the beginning is Chera Pahara where Gajapati King cleans the street with golden-handled broom before the arrival of chariots. After this, deities are taken out and placed on superbly decorated chariots, this ceremony is known as Pahandi Vijay.

The colossal chariots are made of wood that are keenly pulled by devotees through ropes. After nine days stay at Gundicha Temple the return journey commences which is known as Bahuda Jatra. 

NAVA KALEBARA

Celebrated In : Jagannatha Temple, Puri, Orissa Celebrated : Once in every twelve to nineteen years. In the month of : Aashadha (June - July)

Related to the car-festival, an important festival known as 'Nava Kalebara' is held once in every twelve to nineteen years according to the calculation of the year and date. On this occasion the wooden images of the deities are replaced by new ones.

Time For The Festivity

The principle adopted to fix the year of renewal is to find a year, which has two full moons in the month of 'Asadha'. In every three years a lunar month is excluded from the calculation to keep a balance between the lunar and the solar years. This particular month, which is excluded from calculation is known as "Adhimasa" or "Mala Masa" and is considered most inauspicious for any religious ceremony.

The Rituals

For making the new images a number of rituals connected with it are observed. When the date is fixed for the festival the "Gajapati Maharajah" of Puri issues a proclamation to the 'Vidyapati', 'Daitas' and Brahmins well versed in the Vedas to go in search of the trees that would provide logs for making the images.

Generally, this proclamation is issued on the 10th day of the full moon of 'Chaitra'. After the mid-day rituals of the Lord Jagannatha, the 'Mahapatras' receive "Agnya Mala", the garland as a token of permission from the Lord to go in search. Then the Mahapatras carry this garland along with four 'Daitapatis' to the "Anabasara Pindi" (a platform inside the temple) where they are given new garments to wear. From there they go to the Jagannatha 'Math', the place of starting.

Accompanied by the Daitapatis, 'Deulakarana', 'Tudhan', 'Lenka' and four carpenters they go to the temple of 'Mangala' at Kakatpur, which is about 40-km in the north. There they sleep in the temple to obtain permission of the Goddess in dream before proceeding in four batches to four directions in search of the trees.

Dhanu Sankranti is the famous festival in odisha

Dhanu Sankranti marks the day when Sun enters in the Sagittarius or Dhanu Rashi. The festival falls on this year 16th December 2015 Wednesday.  Dhanu Sankranti marks the beginning of the ninth month in Hindu Solar Calendar.
This festival celebrate in God  Surya or the Sun God is worshiped.
Devotees take a dip in the sacred rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Yamuna as it is considered a very auspicious ritual.
This festival is celebrated with great gusto in Orissa. Lord Jagannath is worshiped on this day. The month of Pousha is considered the month of plenty. Hence, after collecting the harvest a festival of celebration is organized. A special delicacy made of sweetened rice flakes Dhanu Muan is prepared which is offered to Lord Jagannath.
A street play is held on this day in the Bargarh town of Orissa that depicts the various episodes of Lord Krishna’s life. One of the episodes is based on Krishna’s visit to Mathura to witness the Bow ceremony organized by Kansa.  Kansa had invited Krishna and Balaram on the occasion of Dhanu Yatra with the evil intention of killing them. This annual festival showcases scenes right from Lord Krishna's birth to the killing of the demon by him.

Janmashtami

Famous Janmashtami  festival in odisha 

The festival Knows as  Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham,Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanti or sometimes simply as Janmashtami, is an annual celebration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna, the eight avatar of vishnu.

The festival celebrate on the eight day(Ashtami) of the krishna of the month of Sharavana(Augest - September). The festival special celebrate in  Lord krishna life and Rasa lila.Krishuna  was eighth son of Davaki and Vasudeva,the date of Krishna's birth, known as Janmashtami.

The festival celebrate in Janmashtami by fasting and staying up until midnight, the time when Krishna is believed to have been born. Images of Krishna's infancy are placed in swings and cradles in temples and homes. At midnight, devotees gather around for devotional songs, dance and exchange gifts. Some temples also conduct readings of the Hindu religious scripture Bhagavad Gita and all women's wear the new saree and girls wear traditional dress.

Ganesh Chaturthi.

 Ganesh Chaturthi in odia festival.

“Vakra tunda mahakaya Suyakoti Samaprabha

 Nirvignam kurumedevah sarbakarye susarvada”

Ganesh Jayanti also Know as Magha shukla chaturthi, Tilkund chaturthi, and Varad Chaturthi, is a hindu festival..The festivals falls on shukla paksha chaturthi day in the month of September. 

 On that day the Baby child started there study  at the time of Ganesh Chaturthi. The children wear new dress with lots of fun.They take the fasting  from morning to the end of puja.

They end the puja and go to home by taking the prasad.The children's play whole day.

The festival  is too much important in Maharashtra and in whole India. The festival falls on the 4th of the day of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada(August- September). People buy Ganesh image to keep in their house as a divine guest for five to ten days. The image is then taken out ceremoniously and immerse to the river, sea or well.

Modak and ladu  is special Ganesh Chaturthi. Aarti is performed morning and evening a long as the Ganesh idol is at home.Huge Ganesh idols are worshipped at nicely decorated pandals, also known as Dekhavas for 8 to 10 days. These Dekhavas are organized by the Mandals, worked collectively for the entire locality. Various Mandals shouting the slogans of Ganpati Bapa Morya take out huge processions during the first day and the day of immersion of the idols throughout the city.

Anala Navami and Jagaddhatri puja.

Anala Navami  famous of odisha festival.

This festival also known as 'Radha Pada Darshana' is celebrated in oriya Magha month.'Anala Navami' is specially observed in the temple of 'Sakhi Gopinatha' at Sakhigopal.On this day Goddess Jagadhatri(Maha Saraswati Sakti) is worshipped.This festival celebrite 

in Every women's and girls.The women's wear traditional silk saree and girl's wear handloom traditional dress and enjoy this day.

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Bali Yatra and Kartika Purnima.

Bali Jatra is celebrated to mark the voyages made by ancient sea traders from odisha to Bali.It falls on the day of Kartik Purnima. On this day, miniatures of  the boats called boitas are rleased in ponds, rivers and the sea. Festival is celebrated for a week. A major annual trade fair is also held in cuttack.
Bali Jatra is also associated with Taapoi and rituals like Bhalukuni osha or Khuduruni asha and Bada Osha.Taapoi is closely assocociated  with the Bali jatra festival, which recalla traditional memories of young maidens waiting for the return of their sailor brothers.To commemorate this, the festival is celebrated this, the festival is celebrate every year from the the day of Kartika Purnima. The girl's wear dress and boy's wear Kurta and enjoy this day.

Dhanu Yatra in odisha festival.

Dhanu Jatra or Dhanu Yatra is a drama festival celebrated in Western Odisha based on mythological story of krishna. This festival falls on the month of December.This festival  Important in Kansh mamu. The town of Baragarh becomes Mathura, the river jira becomes yamuna, and village Amapalli on other bank of river becomes Gopa. Different acts of puranic descriptions are performed in this festival.
This festival celebrate in old people.  The uniqueness of Dhanuyatra lies in the fact that the action in the drama takes place at several locations in Bargarh and Amapali, which correctly fits into the episodes in the life of Krishna. Both actors and audiences move from place according to the requirement of a particular scene. Government servants, politicians, business men, laborers and public in Bargarh are part of the play.Every people wear new dress and men's wear kurta and everybody enjoy this day. 

Konark Dance Festival.

This festival is a dance festival held every year in December in backdrop of the Sun temple in Konark, Odisha. Konark Dance festival started in the year 1986 at konark Natya Mandap by its founder is Director Padmashree  Guru Gangadhar Pradhan.
The festival celebrate in evening and girls wear traditional saree.
A celebration of Odisha, Bharatnatyam, Manipuri, Kathak and chhau Dance, the festival truly comes as a lavish feast for the eyas and ears.The sound of Ghungroo bells, flute and pakhauj add on the festival mood.
A craft mela also put up during the konark Dance festival.This festivals shell's in different type  of Handicraft's produced and Handloom produced. This mela adds more fun to the festival thus making it a perfect venue for family get together on a holiday and enjoy this mala. 

Guru Purnima.

The Full Moon Day in the month of Ashadha(July-August) is Know as Guru Purnima. Guru Purnima is the day devotess offer puja(worship) to their Guru. The festival dedicated to the teacher. This festival is traditionally by Hindus, Jains and Buddhista, to pay their respects to their reacher.
Guru Purnima is celebrated to the children and gift give your teacher. Children's wear new dress and going the scholl and full enjoy this day.As part of the celebration, devotees present gifts in form of sweets and flowers to their spiritual gurus. It's an ideal time to commence spiritual lessons from a guru. Farmers give great significance to this day because it is believe that the advent of much-needed rains will shower upon their crops and plantations. 

Bahuda Yatra

Bahuda Yatra and Chariot Festival is a Hindu Festival  associated with the Jagannath  held at Puri in state of odisha.
 This festival is celebrated on Ashad Shukla Dwitiya.
This Festival Dedicate  Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and their sister Subhadra to their aunt's temple, the Gundicha Temple which is situated at a distance of 2 km rom their temple.
The festival is also  Know as Gunddicha Yatra, Ghose Yatra, Navadina Yatraa, Dasavatara Yatra and by a variety of other  names.
The Goddess wear Handloom Traditional Yellow Color Silk Saree.

Rama Navami.

Rama Navami  is one of  the most important Hindu festival.
Celebrate the brith day of  the God Rama. Is the son of Dasaratha King of Ajodhya.
At some places the festival lasts the whole nine days of the Navaratri,thus the period is called 'Sri Rama Navaratra'.
People wear Traditional Cotton Saree.