Happy Odia New Year Photo -Maha Vishuba Pana Sankranti-Greetings Cards Date 2017

  Pana Sankranti, also known as Maha Vishuba Sankranti is the traditional New Year for Odisha people. This is the 1st day of month Baisakh. Baisakha is the 1st month in Odia calendar.  It almost always falls on 14 April every year.

     On this particular day, a small pot filled with is hung on a basil (Tulsi) plant. There is a hole at the bottom of this pot which allows the water to fall in drops from the pot. Sattu or chhatua, along with banana and curd, is consumed by the people of Orissa after offering it to the Tulsi plant.

     The festival is celebrated with visits to Shiva or Hanuman temples, as the day is considered to be the birthday of Lord Hanuman and also he is the manifestation of lord shiva on earth.[7]  Feasts and special drinks such as a chilled sweet mango-milk-yoghurt-coconut drink called Pana is shared.

Happy Odia New Year-Pana Sankrant Photo