Archive · 14 Jun 2025
Odisha Celebrates Raja Festival with Greetings from Leaders
Raja is a special three-day festival in Odisha!
It's a time to celebrate womanhood, nature, and the start of the monsoon.
People wear new clothes, play games, and eat yummy treats.
It is like Mother Earth is taking a break.
It's a fun time with special sweets and the start of the farming season!
Important people like the President send their best wishes for joy and happiness to all.
President Murmu, Governor Kambhampati, and CM Majhi greeted Odia people on Raja's beginning.
Raja is a three-day festival honoring womanhood, fertility, and Mother Earth.
The festival is observed from June 14-16.
Young girls and women enjoy new clothes, henna, swings, and festive foods.
Raja marks when Mother Earth rests, coinciding with the monsoon and start of cultivation.
- Who
- President Murmu, Governor Kambhampati, CM Majhi, and the people of Odisha
- What
- Raja festival, celebrating womanhood and the onset of monsoon.
- When
- June 14-16
- Where
- Odisha, India
- Why
- To honor tradition, nature, motherhood, and celebrate the start of the monsoon.
- Festival Name
- Raja
- Dates
- June 14-16
- Celebrations
- Honoring womanhood, fertility and the earth.
- Key Figures
- President Murmu, Governor Kambhampati, CM Majhi
- Traditions
- New clothes, games, swings, food.
