Sudasha Vrat festival of Orissa

Name of Festival : Sudasha Vrat festival

Time of celebration (Month)
Sudasha Vrat festival is celebrate in When there is a rare combination of Shukla Paksha ,Thursday and Dasami in Oriya Calendar

Major Territory of Celebration
Sudasha Vrat festival is celebrated in Orissa state of India

Worship in Festival
People worshipe the Goddess Lakshmi

About Festival
Sudasha Vrat is also known as or Sudasha Brata , Dhanu Sankranti.Sudash Brata is observed whenever there is a combination of

(1) Shukla Paksha
(2) Thursday
(3) Dasami.

Sudasa Vrata is observed mainly by women for the wellbeing of the family.On this day special Mahalaxmi puja is observed on the day. On the day of Festival women made the special food items like Manda Pithas and offered to Goddess Lakshmi.

Main Ritual
On the day of Sudasha Vrat involves the tying of a sacred thread (consisting of ten layers of thread) on the hand by women. The thread is only replaced during the next Sudasa Vrata.

Some people celebrated this festival on the Dasami day in the Shukla Paksha of Bhadra ( Auguest – September )