Tag: Madhya Pradesh

Name of Festival : Kujlaya Festival Time of celebration (Month)Kujlaya Festival is falls on On the full moon day of Bhadra(August – September) Major Territory of CelebrationKujlaya Festival is celebrated in Madhya Pradesh. About FestivalThe Kujlaya Festival is celebrated to commemorate the reunion of the legendary queen, Malhana Devi, with her daughter who had been married to the son of a hostile king.Before nine day of Kujlaya wheat or barley is sowed in small baskets that is filled with black soil and manure.On the day od festival women assemble at…

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Name of Festival : Sanja & Mamulia Festival Time of celebration (Month)Sanja & Mamulia Festival is celebrated in the month of Asvina (September – October) Major Territory of CelebrationSanja & Mamulia Festival is celebrated in Madhya Pradesh. About FestivalIn north-western Madhya Pradesh unmarried girls annually worship a legendary girl called Sanja.Main ritual is linked with figures and designs made by girls on smeared portions of mud walls through the medium of cattle-dung. They celebrated this festival consecutively for sixteen days.Every day they made new design and figure and sing a…

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Name of Festival : Bhagoria Festival Time of celebration (Month)Bhagoria Festival is celebrated in the month Phalguna (February-March). Major Territory of CelebrationBhagoria Festival is celebrated in Madhya Pradesh. Worship in FestivalIn this day people worship the “Bhagoradev “ About FestivalBhagoria Festival is celebrate after the Holi Festival.Bhagoria festival is celebrated for the selection of spouses. Besides fun and frolic, this festival provides the opportunity for taking revenge on the enemies. This Festival starts a week before the Holi festival. In Bhagoria festival people worship the Bhagoradev .The most respected village…

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Name of Festival : Hareli Festival Time of celebration (Month)Hareli Festival is celebrated in early period of rains, mostly in the month of July-August. Major Territory of CelebrationHareli Festival is celebrated in Madhya Pradesh. About FestivalHareli Festival is an important harvest festival in Madhya Pradesh .Gond tribes of Madhya Pradesh celebrate this festival . The festival is significant for the agriculturists of central India. On the day of festival farmers worship their farm equipment and cows.No one works the whole day.During this festival, the goddess of crop ‘Kutki Dai‘ is…

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Name of Festival : Karam Festival Time of celebration (Month)Karam Festival is celebrated in the month of August Major Territory of CelebrationKaram Festival is celebrated in Madhya Pradesh   of India About FestivalKaram or Karma is the festival of the Oraon, Baiga, Binjhawar and Majhwar tribes. Some people observe the festival as the rainy season ends. On the day of festival all the people observed the fast from the morning till the next day. The centre of the ritual consists in the cutting of three branches of Karam tree (Gonds fetch…

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