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20/10/22 07:45 AM IST

Kati Bihu 2022

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  • The Kati Bihu is an auspicious festival of Assam which is a harvest festival. It is celebrated on 18th October 2022 and the day is marked on the first day of Kati month according to the Assamese Calendar.
About Kati Bihu 
  • Kati Bihu is one of the three Bihu celebrated in Assam, with the other two being Bhogali or Magh Bihu (celebrated on January 13 or 14) and Rongali or Bohag Bihu (celebrated on April 14 or 15).
  • All three Bihu are agriculture-related festivals.
  • Kati Bihu is observed in the northeastern state of Assam to mark the beginning of the harvest season.
  • It is celebrated on the first day of the Kati month in the Assamese calendar, which usually falls during mid-October.
  • The word “Kati” means “cut”, which signifies the time when the relocation of rice saplings takes place.
  • Kati Bihu is also known as Kongali (poor) Bihu as granaries are usually empty and there isn’t much to eat during this time of the year.
  • During the Kati Bihu, lamps or saaki (candles) are lit outside homes as well as in paddy fields in the evenings to pray for better cropping returns in the next season.
  • The main lamp is lit in the courtyard close to the sacred Tulsi plant.
  • On this occasion, people plant Tulsi and worship Goddess Lakshmi.
  • The Tulsi is cleaned and placed on an earthen platform called the “Tulsi Bheti”.
Source- The Hindu 

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