Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India]: A wide variety of humans in Odisha took part in the yearly ritual of Boita Bandana, a boat festival, and set afloat miniature boats to mark the day. The festival commemorates the kingdom’s maritime glory and is observed each year on Kartik Purnima.
Kartik Purnima is also known as the Boita Bandana or Boat festival in Odisha. Men, women, and youngsters rejoice in the competition by placing afloat miniature boats to mark the event.
It is a subculture that has been followed for ultimate a few years. Early in the morning of Kartik Purnima, people come close to water bodies to set boats afloat, traditionally made of banana stems and banyan leaves. In urban areas, it’s fabricated from paper. These boats are floated with lighted lamps, betel leaves, flowers, milk, cracker culmination, and coins to mark a thousand-year-old boat festival. It is assumed that our ancestors used to take boats to Indonesia to deliver items to the country. Also, humans carry out spiritual rituals to take a holy dip.
The ultimate five days of the auspicious month of Kartika are called Panchuka, of which the closing day is referred to as Kartik Purnima. It is considered a good-sized day to celebrate the maritime glory of Odisha.
Many devotees additionally consider that tradition is supposed to offer prayers to their ancestors and are seeking their benefits.
