Khudurukuni (ଖୁଦୁରୁକୁଣି) Osha Images of 2021

Khudurukuni Osha (Odia: ଖୁଦୁରୁକୁଣି ଓଷା) is an Indian festival celebrated in Odisha, the Eastern state of India. This festival is also known as Bhalukuni Osha (Odia: ଭାଲୁକୁଣୀ ଓଷା).

Unmarried girls celebrate this festival on every Sunday in the month of Bhadrav (Odia: ଭାଦ୍ରବ) which is in between August and September as per the Gorgerin calendar.

On this festival, the girls worship Maa Mangala (Odia: ମା' ମଙ୍ଗଳା) to protect their brothers. This loosely translates to that "Goddess Khudurukuni can fulfill all your wishes".

The book is a story of a young girl named Tapoi who was ill-treated by her sisters-in-laws (except the youngest one) after her brothers traveled far for business. She started worshiping Maa Mangala and got out of all the troubles when her brothers came back.

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