PM, Odisha CM Greet Citizens on Akshaya Tritiya

Bhubaneswar: People in Odisha are celebrating the popular agrarian festival ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ on Friday.

On this day, peasants of Odisha perform traditional ‘Akhi Muthi Anukula’, the ritualistic beginning of the agricultural process in their paddy fields by sowing seeds after ploughing their lands.

Akshaya Tritiya is also celebrated as the birth of Lord Parsurama, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It is also the day when Maharshi Veda Vyasa started dictating the Mahabharata to Lord Ganesha.

Construction of chariots of Puri’s Rath Yatra begins on this day.

Chandan Yatra Begins on Akshaya Tritiya

This day also marks the beginning 21 day-long ‘Chandan Yatra’ festivities of Lord Jagannath in Puri.

PM Narendra Modi, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik extended their greetings to the people of Odisha on this auspicious occasion.

ପବିତ୍ର ଅକ୍ଷୟ ତୃତୀୟା ଅବସରରେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ମୋର ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ ଜଣାଉଛି। ମହାପ୍ରଭୁ ଶ୍ରୀ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥଙ୍କ ଆଶୀର୍ବାଦରୁ ଚାଷୀଭାଇମାନଙ୍କ ଅଖିମୁଠି ଅନୁକୂଳ ଶୁଭଙ୍କର ହେଉ। ଚଳିତ ବର୍ଷ ଭଲ ଫସଲ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଜୀବନରେ ସୁଖ ଓ ସମୃଦ୍ଧି ଆଣିଦେଉ। pic.twitter.com/LqWwq3mqfm

— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) May 10, 2024

Odisha CM extended his best wishes on X and wrote, “…May a good harvest this year bring happiness and prosperity in everyone’s life”.

 

“I hope that this auspicious occasion brings new energy and enthusiasm in the lives of all,” PM Modi wrote on X.

देश के समस्त परिवारजनों को अक्षय तृतीया की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। परोपकार के लिए प्रेरित करने वाला यह पावन अवसर आप सभी के जीवन में नई ऊर्जा और नया उत्साह लेकर आए, यही कामना है।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 10, 2024