Sambalpur: Nuakhai Holiday Excluded from the Official Calendar of 2024, Strong Impact on Western Odisha

Sambalpur: There are almost two months left in the year. In the meantime, the official calendar of New Year 2024 has arrived. In the calendar prepared by the state government, the names of all festivals were mentioned in the list of official holidays. However, the Festival of Western Odisha Nuakhai has been excluded from it. When there is dissatisfaction among the people of Western Odisha, due to the situation created by the actors, so there has been a sharp impact in Nuakhai not being added to the official holiday list. Nuakhai has been removed from the list of public holidays.

Next year 2024 there is a holiday for Ganesha Puja on September 7. The day after Ganesh Puja means the fifth tithi of Bhadraba month, the main festival of Western Odisha Nuakhai is celebrated. In this calculation, Nuakhai will be held on Sunday, September 8, 2024, because Sunday is a public holiday, so there is no mention in the official calendar for Nuakhai. The people of Western Odisha who live in different parts of the state and the country come to their houses to celebrate Nuakhai. It is not possible for people who live in far-away places to leave again on the same day and join the workplace the next day.