Raja Parba festival

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Context: PM extends best wishes to people of Odisha on Raja Parba.

About Raja Parba festival:

• Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival of womanhood celebrated in Odisha, India.
• The second day of the festival signifies beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.
• To celebrate the advent of monsoon, the joyous festival is arranged for three days by the villagers.
• The first day is called "Pahili Raja", second is "Raja Sankranti" and third is "Bhumi Dahana or Basi Raja".
• It is similar to Ambubachi Mela of Assam.

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