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Nagaland
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Assam
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Tripura
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Sikkim
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Detailed explanation-1: -A week-long traditional Kharchi festival, offering prayer to 14 gods and goddess, began with thousands of devotees converging at Khayerpur on the eastern outskirts of the Tripura.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kharchi is one of the most popular festivals of Tripura. However, given the participation of people transcending the communities, it has gained a universal character. It is also said to have been influenced by the Brahmanical Hindus.
Detailed explanation-3: -The major festival of Tripura Tribes are kharchi Puja, Garia Puja, Ker Puja, Bizu Festival, Tirtha Mukh Festival, Ashokastami, Ganga Puja, Lampra Puja, Wah festival etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -History of Kharchi Puja Legends have it that Kharchi Puja is a way to cleanse Mother Earth. Ama Pechi, which is the period before this puja, is considered the menstruation period of the Mother Goddess. Therefore, during this time, the soil is neither dug nor ploughed.