GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Kerala
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Bihar
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Rajasthan
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Odisha
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Nabakalebara festival is an ancient ritual that is observed in most of the Jaganath temples in Odisha. In this fest, the idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra and Sudarshan are replaced by new idols.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nabakalebara ceremony of the deities takes place in the year when the month of Asadha (June-July) happens to be an intercalary month (Double Asadha or two months of Asadha), which means when one lunar month of Ashadha is followed by another lunar month of Aashadha.
Detailed explanation-3: -The age old Nabakalebara ceremony has been held eight times in recorded history-in the years 1863, 1893, 1912, 1931, 1950, 1969, 1977 and 1996. The ninth Nabakalebara falls in 2015. District Police, Puri is engaged in making flawless arrangements for the first Nabakalebara of the millennium.