The Hindu Nava Barsa was celebrated at Khariar on Tuesday with a lot of enthusiasm to witness the beginning of the Hindu New Year.
A procession of about 2,000 people was held on this occasion which started from the Dadhibaman Temple (Bad Gudi), the oldest temple of Khariar, and proceeded to the meeting place at the Agrasen Bhawan covering a distance of two km in Khariar town. Various cultural troupes like Kirtan and Ghumura groups also joined the procession.
A discussion and a cultural programme were held in the evening on this occasion where young children of different schools participated. The event was organised by a committee consisting of people of various walks of life.
Pustam Sunani, Sajjan Agrawal, Sanjay Tiwai, Bijaya Bisoi, Ratnakar Sahu, Naresh Agrawal, Jadumani Panigrahi, Pruthiraj Mahanti, Sailendra Panigrahi, Ajit Chalan, Manoj Pattnaik and many other leading people of Khariar took part in the procession.