| Pola | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Date(s) | September |
| Frequency | Yearly |
| Location(s) | Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh,Madhya Pradesh |
| Country | India |
| Participants | Bulls, farmers and their families. |
| Area | Rural Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh |
| Activity | Washing of bulls, colour their horns, change old ropes tie new one, tie new bells, decorate them |
| Members | Family of farmers |
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Pola is a thanksgiving festival celebrated by farmers in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, to acknowledge the importance of bulls and oxen, who are a crucial part of agriculture and farming activities. It falls on the day of the Pithori Amavasya (the new moon day) in the month of Shraavana (usually in August).[1] During Pola, farmers don't work their bulls in the farmland and the day is a school holiday in the rural parts of Maharashtra.[2]
The festival is found among Marathas in central and eastern Maharashtra.[3] A similar festival is observed by Farmers in other parts of India, and is called Mattu Pongal in south and Godhan in north and west India.[4]
In Telangana, a similar festival is celebrated on full moon day and is called Eruvaka Purnima[5]
- ^ Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Kolhapur District (Volume 1). Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1976. p. 280.
- ^ Tinkhede, Shreya (30 August 2019). "Pola festivities endure even in urban milieu". Times Of India. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Edward Balfour (1885). The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia. B. Quaritch. p. 241.
- ^ Usha Sharma (2008). Festivals In Indian Society. Mittal Publications. p. 77. ISBN 978-81-8324-113-7.
- ^ Significance of Eruvaka Purnima, పురాణాలు ఏం చెబుతున్నాయి | Eruvaka Pournami 2021 | Oneindia Telugu, retrieved 2022-06-14