Sohrai

Sohrai
TypeCultural, seasonal
Celebrationslighting Diya, home decoration, performing rituals and feast
DateKartik Amavasya
Frequencyannual
Related toBandna

Sohrai is a harvest festival of the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Bihar. It also called cattle festival. It is celebrated after harvest and coincide with Govardhan Puja of Diwali festival.[1][2] In Santal Parganas it is celebrated in the Month of January. It is celebrated by Bhumij, Sadan, Oraons, Ho, Munda and Santal among others.[3][4][5][6]

It is celebrated on Amavasya of the Hindu month Kartik in the month of October–November. In Santal Parganas it is celebrated in the month of January between 10th to 15th. In this festival, people fast, paint house, prepared food. In night, they light earthen lamps in the cattle-sheds and offered sacrifice to deity of animals Gaurea also known as Pasupati.[7][2]

  1. ^ "दिवाली पर झारखंड में मनता है चित्रों का पर्व सोहराय". livehindustan. 8 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cattle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Manish Ranjan (2022). JHARKHAND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2021. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9789354883002.
  4. ^ "SOHRAI: THE TRADITIONAL HARVEST ART OF JHARKHAND". shuru-art.com.
  5. ^ "Sohrai, A festival and an art". indroyc.com. 10 November 2015.
  6. ^ Gupta, Narendra Kumar Das (1963). Problems of Tribal Education and the Santals. Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh. p. 50.
  7. ^ "SOHRAI PAINTINGS OF JHARKHAND". maatighar.com.