On Monday, September 9, all banks and financial institutions in Odisha will be closed due to a public holiday.
This is because the major cultural festival 'Nuakhai' will be celebrated on Sunday, September 8, in Sambalpur, a city in western Odisha.
The Odisha state government has declared a holiday for all government, government-aided, and private schools, offices, and magistrate courts for Nuakhai.
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department has issued a
notification about this.
What is Nuakhai?
"Nuakhai" means "eating new rice." It is
a festival where people in Western Odisha celebrate the new harvest of rice
crops.
Since Nuakhai falls on a Sunday, the government has
announced Monday, September 9, as a public holiday.