Raja (festival)

Girls swinging on Raja swing

Raja Parba (Odia: ରଜ ପର୍ବ, pronounced [ɾɔdʒɔ pɔɾbɔ]), also known as Mithuna Sankranti, is a three-day-long festival of womanhood celebrated in Odisha, India. The second day of the festival signifies beginning of the solar month of Mithuna, from which the season of rains starts.[1]

  1. ^ "Four-day Festival of Odisha 'Raja Parba' is all about celebrating Womanhood".