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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Festival of Nuakhai being celebrated in
A
Meghalaya
B
Tripura
C
Assam
D
Odisha
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nuakhai is celebrated a day after Ganesh Chaturthi.

Detailed explanation-3: -The festival is celebrated by wearing new clothes and offering prayers to God, following which a feast is thrown and food prepared using newly harvested crops is consumed. The Nuakhai festival is the most famous social festival celebrated in the Western Odisha and nearby areas of Simdega in Jharkhand.

Detailed explanation-4: -So, the festival of nuakhai is a festival to celebrate newly harvested food by the farmers. Nuakhai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha, celebrated to welcome the season’s new rice. Celebrated a day after Ganesh Chaturthi, Nuakhai is the most auspicious and important social festival in Western Odisha.

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