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Detailed explanation-1: -The auspicious occasion of Raja Paraba is celebrated with faithfulness in the state of Odisha for three days. The festival is also observed as Mithuna Sankranti and is marked every year to celebrate womanhood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Raja Parba: Odisha’s festival that celebrates menstruation and womanhood. Bhubaneswar: Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a 3-day festival to honour womanhood which is celebrated across Odisha.

Detailed explanation-3: -During all the three consecutive days, they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first day of Raja Parba is called ‘Pahili Raja’, the second day is ‘Raja Sankranti’ and the third is ‘Bhumi Dahana or Basi Raja’.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Festival Raja is primarily observed for three days. The very first day of this three day long festival is termed as Pahili Raja which is also considered to be the last day of the month Jestha (summers). The second day is named as Raja Sankaranti; first day of the month Asadha(monsoons).