If one sows by mistake, one should allow the cattle to eat the shoots up. It is the time of the year when the Mother Earth attains her fertility to conceive the crops. To symbolise the occasion only red flowers, red vermilion, etc., are used.
Red colour signifies the menstrual flow.
On this occasion pieces of red cloth, with the deity's menstrual blood, are given to the votaries as sacred symbols. This fair subsists even at present. The Debaddhani festival is held in connection with the Manasa Puja. It is so called because of the tremendous sound produced by the instruments such as drum, Dhole, etc., used on the occasion. The worship of the goddess Manasa is a living and powerful cult in Assam.