Garbhama Samkranti Festival of Orissa
Name of Festival :Garbhama Samkranti Festival
Time of celebration (Month)
Garbhama Samkranti Festival is celebrated on the first day of the solar month of Karthika (October – Novmeber)
Major Territory of Celebration
Garbhama Samkranti Festival is celebrated in Orissa state of India.
About Festival
Garbhama Samkranti Festival is celebrated in Orissa. Garbhama Samkranti Festival is the time when the paddy plants or the ears of corn are forming. Paddy plants or the ears of corn are forming this can be compared to pregnancy and hence the name ‘Garbhma’. People stand these pregnant rice plants for Goddess Lakshmi and they worshipped in the paddy fields.
People suppose that a huge quantity of corn will thus harvested
