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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