The three-day Raj Parv has started in Odisha from June 14. This great festival of Rajotsav of virgin girls is celebrated with great joy in Odisha for about three days. On this day, girls, young women and elderly women of the house enjoy the whole day. Know what is the significance of this festival...
Rajotsava has started in Odisha from 14th June. This festival will last for three days. That is, Rajotsava will be celebrated in Odisha from 14th June to 16th June. Women will not do any work during these days. Men will cook food. Special arrangements will be made for women. They will wear new traditional clothes for three days. They will swing and sing and dance. Odisha has a long tradition of celebrating this festival.
It is said that it started from South Odisha which has now become a folk festival of the entire Odisha (Odisha Festival). It is said that just as women menstruate every month, which is a symbol of their physical development, in the same way, this great festival of Rajotsav of Kumari girls is celebrated in Odisha for about four days with great joy and merriment. On that day, the worship of Lord Suryadev has special importance. It is believed that it brings peace and tranquility in future folk life. Rajotsav also has its own social importance.
What do women do?
Although this festival is for unmarried girls, but women of all ages celebrate it with great pomp and show. On the first day, girls, young women, women and elderly women of the house enjoy the whole day together. They dance and sing. They play Ludo. They eat paan on the day. They swing. They wear traditional sarees and attire. They apply mehendi on their hands.
Worship of Lord Jagannath
It is believed that just as the earth prepares itself for the arrival of rain, in the same way virgin girls prepare themselves for the first menstruation. After waking up in the morning, they apply turmeric-sandalwood paste on their body. They take a holy bath. They worship Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath Bhagwan. They pray to Lord Jagannath for their future happy life.
What do women eat?
For three days, women eat uncooked food. They do not even take salt in their food. During Rajotsav, women eat seasonal fruits like jackfruit, mango, banana, litchi and pineapple etc. They eat the traditional food of Odisha, Poor-Pitha. They do not even wear slippers on their feet. They do not do any kind of cutting or peeling in the household work for three consecutive days. The most interesting thing is that during these three days, there is no digging in the earth in Odisha.
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