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PanaSankranti,alsoknownasMahaVishubaSankranti
orMahabisuhaSankranti,[2]isthetraditionalnewyearday PanaSankranti
festivalofHindusinOdisha,India.[3][4][5]Thefestivaldateis
setwiththesolarcycleofthelunisolarHinducalendar,as
thefirstdayofthetraditionalsolarmonthofMesha.Thisis
identicaltotheamantasystemoflunarmonthBaisakh(on
purnimantasystem,itisthe24thdayofChaitra).[2]It
thereforealmostalwaysfallson14Aprileveryyearonthe
Gregoriancalendar.[6]

ThefestivaliscelebratedwithvisitstoShiva,Shakti,or
Hanumantemples,asthedayisconsideredtobethebirthday
ofHanuman.[7]Peopletakebathsinriversormajor
pilgrimagecenters.Communitiesparticipateinmela(fairs),
watchstreetdanceoracrobaticperformances.Anotable
climaxofthesocialcelebrationsisfirewalk,where
volunteerssprintoverabedofburningcoalwhilebeing
cheeredwithmusicandsongs.[2]Feastsandspecialdrinks
suchasachilledsweetmangomilkyoghurtcoconutdrink
calledPanaisshared,atraditionthatpartlyisthesourceof
thisfestival'sname.[7][2]

PanaSankrantiissimilartoNewYearfestivalsobservedby
HinduselsewheresuchasVaisakhi(northandcentralIndia),
Bihu(Assam),PohelaBoishakh(Bengal),Vishu(Kerala) OdiaHinduswelcomethenewyearwithtraditional
andPuthandu(TamilNadu).[6][8] dancesbyGhantaPatua(above)atfairs(mela).
Official ""
name
Contents Alsocalled MahaVishuvaSankranti
Observedby Odiapeople
1 Observances
2 Mainfestival Type Hindu
3 Relatedholidays Significance NewYear
4 Seealso
5 References Celebrations MeruYatra,JhaamuYatra,Chadak
6 Furtherreading Parva
Observances Pujas,processions,eatingsattuand
BelaPana
Observances Date 1Vaisakha(Odiacalendar,amanta
system)
IntheOdiatradition,thePanaSankrantiisbelievedtobethe 2017date
birthdayoftheHindudeityHanuman,whoseloving Fri,14April[1]
devotiontoVishnuavatarRamainRamayanaislegendary.
Histemples,alongwiththoseofShivaandSurya(sungod)arereveredonthenewyear.[7]

HindusalsovisitDevi(goddess)templesonPanaSankranti.ThetemplesincludeTaratariniTemplenear
Brahmapur,OdishainGanjam,CuttackChandi,BirajaTemple,SamaleswaritempleandSaralaTemple.At
SaralaTemplethepriestswalkonhotcoalsinthefirewalkingfestival,JhaamuYatra.AttheMaaPatana
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MangalaTempleinChhatrapada,
Bhadrak,thePatuaYatrafestivalis
heldfrom14Aprilto21April.In
NorthernOdisha,thefestivalisknown
asChadakParva.InSouthernOdisha,
theMeruYatrafestivaliscelebratedas
theendofthemonthlongDandanata
dancefestival.Thousandsofdevotees
gatherattheShaktiPithashrineinthe
TaratariniTemplebecauseitisoneof
theauspiciousdaysduringtheChaitra Basundharatheki(asmallpot)used
Yatra.Peoplefromalloverthestate onMahaVishuvaSankranti
eatfestivechhatuaanddrinkBelPana
tomarktheoccasion.

BelaPanaisaspecialfestive
sweetdrinkmadefrommilk,
ripefragrantfruitofbaeland
spices,sharedonOdianew
year.
Mainfestival
TheOdiafamiliesinthecitygatherat
theircommunityhallinKukdey
Layoutduringthesecelebrations.[9]

DandanataorDandaJatraisatribalwayofwelcomingtheNewYear
whichbeginswiththemonthofVaishakh.DandaJatraisoneofthe
mostancientformsofperformanceartinthestate.Theopeningritual
beginsinthemiddleofChaitra(MarchApril).[10]DandaNachais
dedicatedtoGoddessKali,andisagroupspiritualeventwhichinvokes
theblessingsofGoddessKaliandLordShiva.[11] AgroupstreetperformanceonPana
SankrantineartheLankeswari
Relatedholidays Temple,Sonepur,Odisha

TheMahaVishuvaSankrantinewyeardayiscelebratedelsewherebutcalledbyothernames.Itiscalled
VaisakhibyHindusandSikhsinnorthandcentralIndia,whichtoomarksthesolarnewyear.[12][13][14]The
samedayeveryyearisalsothenewyearformanyBuddhistcommunitiesinpartsofsoutheastAsiasuchas
Myanmar,SriLankaandCambodia,likelyaninfluenceoftheirsharedcultureinthe1stmillenniumCE.[14]
Someexamplesinclude:

1.VishuinKerala
2.VaisakhiincentralandnorthIndia
3.VishuvaSankrantiinOdisha
4.PohelaBoishakhinWestBengalandTripura,aswellasBangladesh
5.RongaliBihuinAssam
6.BikramSamwat/VaishakEkinNepal
7.AluthAvuruthuinSriLanka.[15]
8.SongkraninThailand
9.CholChnamThmeyinCambodia
10.Songkan/PiMaiLaoinLaos
11.ThingyaninBurma

However,thisisnottheuniversalnewyearforallHindus.Forsome,suchasthoseinandnearGujarat,thenew
yearfestivitiescoincidewiththefivedayDiwalifestival.Formanyothers,thenewyearfallsonUgadiand
GudiPadwa,whichfallsafewweeksearlier.[14]

Seealso
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References
1.2017OfficialCalendar(http://www.odisha.gov.in/revenue/Holiday/33341_28_10_16.pdf),GovernmentofOdisha
2.LynnFoulstonStuartAbbott(2009).HinduGoddesses:BeliefsandPractices.SussexAcademicPress.pp.178181.
ISBN9781902210438.
3.MahaVishubaSankranti(http://www.odishanewstoday.com/features/354odishacelebratesmahavishubasankrantiw
ithfervor.html)OdishacelebratesMahaVishubaSankrantiwithFervor
4.ClassicCookingofOrissa.DandaNata.AlliedPublishers.pp.26.ISBN9788184245844.Retrieved13April
2012.
5.IndiraGandhiNationalCentrefortheArts(1995).Prakrti:Primalelements,theoraltradition.MeruDay,Meru
Sankranti.IndiraGandhiNationalCentrefortheArts.p.172.ISBN9788124600375.Retrieved13April2012.
6.J.GordonMelton(2011).ReligiousCelebrations:AnEncyclopediaofHolidays,Festivals,SolemnObservances,and
SpiritualCommemorations.ABCCLIO.p.633.ISBN9781598842067.
7.JyoshnaraniBehera(1997).PoliticalSocializationofWomen:AStudyofTeenagerGirls.AtlanticPublishers.p.79.
ISBN9788185495217.
8.KalyanKumarDasguptaP.K.Mishra(1996).AspectsofIndianhistoryandhistoriography:ProfessorKalyan
KumarDasguptafelicitationvolume.Worldwise"vishubasankranti".KaveriBooks.p.111.ISBN978817479009
5.Retrieved13April2012.
9."VariouscommunitiestocelebrateNewYearonApril14,15TimesofIndia".Retrieved9June2016.
10."DandaNacha".orissadiary.com.2012.Retrieved13April2012."DandaNacha"
11.utoshaBhacrya(1977).ThesunandtheserpentloreofBengal.VisubaSankaratniandMeruSankrantiare
same.FirmaKLM.p.80.Retrieved13April2012.
12."BBCReligion:HinduismVaisakhi".BBC.Retrieved22January2012.
13.Crump,WilliamD.(2014),EncyclopediaofNewYear'sHolidaysWorldwide(https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c
DTfCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114),MacFarland,page114
14.KarenPechilisSelvaJ.Raj(2013).SouthAsianReligions:TraditionandToday.Routledge.pp.4849.ISBN9780
415448512.
15.PeterReeves(2014).TheEncyclopediaoftheSriLankanDiaspora.DidierMillet.p.174.ISBN9789814260831.

Furtherreading
RobertSewell(15March2010).TheIndianCalendarWithTablesfortheConversionofHinduand
MuhammadanIntoA.D.Dates,andViceVersa.ReadBooksDesign.pp.149.ISBN978144553119
9.Retrieved10November2011.

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