Jitiya festival being observed by Maithili & Tharu communities today
english.makalukhabar.com · Sun Sep 18 03:03:28 GMT 2022
BIRATNAGAR: Jitiya festival, a great festival celebrated by women from the Terai’s Tharu and Maithili communities, is being celebrated today with great fanfare. State1 celebrates this festival with great zeal in the Terai-Madhesh districts.
This fast is observed primarily on Ashtami Tithi of Ashwin Krishna Paksha and is said to be kept for the long life of children.
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