what is the story of the festival kumarpurnima and why do people in odisha celebrate it ?
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Answer:
This day is also observed as the birth day of Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth.
Explanation:
Kumar or Kartikeya, the handsome son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, was born on this day. He was very good looking and young girls always wished for a handsome husband like him. Therefore, the kumaries (maidens) celebrate this festival to get a good-looking husband like Kartika.
The kumaries wake up before sun rise, bathe and get dressed to perform ‘Anjula Teka’ ritual.
The girls wear new clothes and offer a palmful of prasad including ‘Khai’, ‘Janhi’ (striped gourd), cucumber, banana, coconut, betel nut to sun, which is called ‘Anjuli’.
“We are celebrating this festival with much enthusiasm. We all woke up early in the morning and performed all the rituals. We offered ‘Anjula’ to the Sun God near ‘Chauran’ of our house,” said Pragyan Priyadarshini Sahoo from Patrapada here.
Though she is a lecturer in a college of Rourkela, she has come to her village for this festival only.
Evening ritual is almost the same as those performed in morning except ‘Chanda chakata’, which is offered to the moon.
The girls wait for the moon and raise the ‘Chanda chakata’ to the moon. It is believed that if the girls will seefresh moon and offer ‘Chanda Chakata’, they will get a young and attractive husband. They use Khai, Ukhuda, jiggery, sugarcane, banana, Chhena (cottage cheese) and talasaja to prepare the prasad.
The girls lay out the prasad on a plate in the shape of half moon and then offered to the moon.
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kumarpurnima occurs on the first full moon day of the month of Ashvin. It is primarily celebrated by unmarried girls who pray for a handsome husband. According to the belief, the handsome god Kartikeya also known as Kumar was born on this day. Girls also play traditional games like puchi on this day and wears new clothes .
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