PM Modi Greets People on Odia New Year

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi today wished the people of Odisha on the occasion of Odia New Year. “Greetings on Odia New Year and Maha Bishuba Sankranti. May the new year be filled with abundance of happiness. May the spirit of brotherhood in our society be furthered and may everyone be in best health,” the PM tweeted.
‘Pana Sankranti’ or ‘Maha Bishuba Sankranti’ marks the Odia New Year with the introduction of new Panjika, which is an almanac of Hindu festivals, timings and predictions for the year. The Panjika is prepared as per solar calendar and incorporates the auspicious dates, times, sunrise and sunset time, stars and their movements etc. from Mesha Sankranti till Mina Sankranti.
People mark the advent of the New Year by drinking Pana. Devotees also perform special puja on the occasion, which is also celebrated as the birth anniversary of Hanuman.