
Sambalpur: There are almost two months left in the year. Meanwhile, the official calendar of New Year 2024 has also come out. In the calendar prepared by the state government, the names of almost all festivals have been mentioned but West Odisha’s main festival Nuakhai has been excluded from it.
People of Western Odisha are really upset with the holiday list prepared by the state Government for the upcoming year 2024. There has been a strong reaction to the fact that Nuakhai was not included in the official holiday list. Next year 2024 there is a holiday for Ganesh Puja on 7th September. The main festival of West Odisha is celebrated on the day after Ganesh Puja i.e. the fifth tithi of Bhadrava month. According to this calculation, Nuakhai will fall on Sunday, September 8, 2024. Since Sunday is a public holiday, it is possible that due to this reason Nuakhi holiday has not been mentioned in the calendar. But people are demanding for a two-day holiday for the Nuakhai.