Nuakhai festival: PM, CM, Guv greet Odia people

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Governor S C Jamir and a host of dignitaries today greeted the people of Odisha on the occasion of 'Nuakhai' festival.
"Nuakhai Juhar. Greetings to the people of Odisha on this special festival. May this festival bring more prosperity in the lives of farmers," Modi wrote on Twitter.
Odisha Governor S C Jamir and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also greeted people on the occasion of the agrarian festival.
"May this divine festival celebrating hard work of our farmer community usher in progress & prosperity #NuakhaiJuhar," Patnaik tweeted.
BJP president Amit Shah and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi too greeted the Odiah people on Nuakhai festival.

Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra, BJP leader K V Singh Deo and many others greeted the people on the occasion.

People across western Odisha celebrated the festival with religious fervor and devotion today. It is held a day after the Ganesha Chaturthi festival.
The festival began with offering 'Nabanna', newly harvested paddy, to Maa Samaleswari Devi in Sambalpur. Later, the people offered 'Nabanna' to their presiding deities.
It is the most important social festival of Western Odisha and adjoining areas of Simdega in Jharkhand.