Due to Corona Virus this year Jhamu yatra or Maha Vishuva Sankaranti didn't held in great grand way. Only rituals happen in the temple with some people by keeping social distance.
Jhamu Yatra is most popular festival celebrated in odisha. On this occasion, devotees collect the scared water from river and offer pray to the deity to get her blessings. The devotees then walk on the burning wood charcoal filled in a long drain. It is believed that the goddess saves them from any mishap while walking on burning charcoal.
A special drink is prepared in every odia house is called pana, it is made of Bel fruit, yoghurt, chena, banana, sugar, bundi, coconut, dry fruits of your choice. This gives cold to your body.
Happy Odia New Year 2020.
People celebrate this festival with full rituals they take the fast whole day and give the Pana in front of the house.
The festival is celebrated with visits to Shiva, Shakti, or Hanuman temples, as the day is considered to be the birthday of Hanuman.
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| Odisha pana Sankaranti ,Jhamu Yatra 2020-2021 |
Today In every Shakti peetha this festival is celebrated. This day is celebrated as the first day of the odia calender across the state. It marks the end of spring and beginning of summer.
Jhamu Yatra is most popular festival celebrated in odisha. On this occasion, devotees collect the scared water from river and offer pray to the deity to get her blessings. The devotees then walk on the burning wood charcoal filled in a long drain. It is believed that the goddess saves them from any mishap while walking on burning charcoal.
A special drink is prepared in every odia house is called pana, it is made of Bel fruit, yoghurt, chena, banana, sugar, bundi, coconut, dry fruits of your choice. This gives cold to your body.
Happy Odia New Year 2020.
People celebrate this festival with full rituals they take the fast whole day and give the Pana in front of the house.
The festival is celebrated with visits to Shiva, Shakti, or Hanuman temples, as the day is considered to be the birthday of Hanuman.
People take baths in rivers or major pilgrimage centers. Communities participate in mela (fairs), watch street dance or acrobatic performances. A notable climax of the social celebrations is fire-walk, where volunteers sprint over a bed of burning coal while being cheered with music and songs.
Feasts and special drinks such as a chilled sweet mango-milk-yoghurt-coconut drink called Pana is shared, a tradition that partly is the source of this festival's name.
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