Tag Archives: Utkaliya Ornaments

This is a unique tradition of the Sebāyat (servitor) community, also known as Balipuja or Janhi Osha. Unmarried girls observe this vrat (ritual observance) to be blessed with a good husband in the future. From Ashwina Shukla Panchami to Ashtami (the fifth to the eighth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Ashwina), they go to the Markandeshwar […]