Pune: Nuankhai Bhetghat 2025 Celebrated With Joy And Cultural Fervor In PashanÂ
Pune: Nuankhai Bhetghat 2025 Celebrated With Joy And Cultural Fervor In Pashan
Pune, September 24, 2025: Nuankhai Bhetghat 2025 event was celebrated with great enthusiasm at AROMI, Pashan, Pune, on Sunday 21st September. Dressed in colorful traditional Sambalpuri attires, the residents of Odisha gathered and celebrated Nuankhai with much joy and happiness.
Nuankhai is one of the most important and culturally rich agrarian festivals in western Odisha, celebrated with great fervor and devotion; has its roots in the agricultural traditions of western Odisha. It reflects the deep bond that the people of this region share with their land, nature, and crops. Nuankhai means eating the new crop together. At 10 am, the event was initiated by worshiping Goddess Maa Samaleshwari, offering new grains brought from Odisha after performing Samlei bhajan by the ladies’ members. People exchanged warm greetings among them, and guests were honored. The festival hosted traditional dance, songs and music by children and adults.
The beats of traditional folk music of western Odisha created a wonderful atmosphere. The audience also danced and immersed themselves in the rhythms of Sambalpuri music. Breakfast included biri bara, alu chop, ghuguni, and tea. Authentic Odia food items kheeri, puri, rasgola, kardi letha, rice, kankodo bhaja, dal, potal kasa stimulated the taste buds of the public during lunch. Pune is the second city after New Delhi to celebrate Nuankhai outside Odisha since 2007.
The organizers Nibedita, Bandita, Amruta, Umakanta, Benudhar, Swadhin, Naren, Shibashis, Rabi, Dilip and Saroj conducted the event smoothly. The audience lauded the success of this momentous event of the year, which binds them in a bond of love, friendship, & brotherhood; and expressed their desire to celebrate various festivals of Odisha in the coming days.
