Kumar Purnima 2022: Know rituals and accompanying song

Bhubaneswar, Oct 7: Odisha will be celebrating Kumar Purnima this year on October 9, 2022 (Sunday), a festival celebrated on the full moon day during the month of Ashwina. This day marks the end of Ashwina month and the holy Kartik month begins the next day. Kumar Purnima is one of the popular festivals of Odisha in which unmarried girls observe fast, wishing for a good-looking husband. The girls worship Kumar Kartikeya on the occasion. wp:heading {"level":3} Kumar Purnima rituals: /wp:heading The girls take bath in the morning before sunrise, wear new clothes, collect seven types of fruits and flowers and offer ‘anjuli’ (palmful) to the rising Sun near Brundabati (Tulsi plant) seven times and offer prasad to the Sun. They keep fast throughout the day and in the evening when the moon appears, they again make offerings (Chanda), a special type of food made up of fried paddy, sweets, jaggery, and various types of fruits like banana, coconut, ginger, sugarcane, cucumber, ghee, honey and milk to the moon and take it as prasad. Besides, everyone sings and dances to a special song. They also play "Puchi". Kuanra Punei Janha Lo Phula Boula Beni Kumari Kania Saja Baja Hoi Puchi Kheli baku mana Lo Phula Baula Beni This day is also celebrated as the birthday of Maa Lakshmi.