Nawakhani
nawakhani harvest festival jharkhand chhattisgarh odisha festival people eat new grain rice harvesting nawakhani mean eating new nawa mean new khani mean eat signify eating new grain harvest harvest festival chota nagpur plateau region jharkhand chhattisgarh odisha people fast venerate suraj sun ancestor offering new grain celebrated courtyard head family sacrifice animal especially chicken sun ancestor cooked meat tapan fermentated rice drink distributed among family member festival people prepare bread chuda new rice grows plain field called godda dhan observed celebrate new grain eating harvest celebrated sadan people jharkhand kurukh people festival also celebrated chhattisgarh western odisha known nuakhai madhya pradesh known nawai celebrated among bhils new grain eating festival west bengal known nabanna