page_title: List of Hindu festivals
section_title: List and descriptions of major Hindu festivals
hierarchical_section_title: List of Hindu festivals / List and descriptions of major Hindu festivals
caption_attribution_description: ଓଡ଼ିଆ: ରଜ ଏକ ଚାରିଦିନିଆ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପର୍ବ ଯାହାର ଦ୍ଵିତୀୟ ଦିନରେ ମିଥୁନ ମାସର ଆରମ୍ଭ ଓ ଏହା ପରେ ବର୍ଷାର ଆରମ୍ଭ ହୁଏ । ଏହା ଓଡ଼ିଶାର କୃଷିର ଆରମ୍ଭକୁ ସୂଚାଇଥାଏ । ରଜ ଶବ୍ଦର ଆକ୍ଷରିକ ଅର୍ଥ ରଜସ୍ଵଳା ହେବା, ଯାହା ପୃଥିବୀକୁ ମାତା ଭାବରେ ବିବେଚନା କରି ବର୍ଷାର ଆଗମନରେ ସେ ରଜସ୍ଵଳା ହେବାର ଓ ନୂଆ ଶସ୍ୟ ଜନ୍ମ ହେବାର ସାଂକେତିକ ଭାବ ବହନ କରିଥାଏ । English: Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti(Odia: ରଜ ପର୍ବ) is a four day long festival and the second day signifies beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts. It inaugurates and welcomes the agricultural year all over Orissa, which marks, through biological symbolism, the moistening of the sun dried soil with the first showers of the monsoon in mid June thus making it ready for productivity.
context_page_description: There are a great number of Hindu religious festivals held throughout the world. The festivals typically celebrate events from Hindu mythology, often coinciding with seasonal changes. There are many festivals which are primarily celebrated by specific sects or in certain regions of the Indian subcontinent.
  The festive season is widely celebrated. These events have a historic significance to them and are rooted in various cultural and linguistic norms. The onset of the famous Diwali marks the beginning of lighting 'diyas', beautifying homes, offering gifts and visiting friends and family. Similarly, the Holi festival is described as the 'Festival of Colors', with its magnificent rain dance and the 'gulaal'.
caption: Raja Doli khela, Oriya festival
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