Odisha’s Ganjam district administration has banned the Meru Jatra festival and congregations related to it at temples on the occasion of Mahavishub Sankranti, which is also start of the Odia New Year.
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Meru Jatra marks the end of 21-day-long festival of penance named ‘Danda Nata’.
Danda Nata or Danda Jatra is one of the most important traditional dance festivals organized in different parts of South Odisha and particularly in the Ganjam District, the heartland of ancient Kalinga Empire.
The Danda Nata festival is being held in the month of Chaitra of every year.
Only male persons take part in this festival. The Participants of Danda are called Danduas (also known as Bhoktas) and they pray Goddesses Kali and Shiva during this 13-, 18- or 21-day Danda period.
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