Bail Pola 2019 Date, Wishes & Images: Significance and Celebrations Associated With Bull-Respecting Festival Observed on Shravan Amavasya
August 30 is being celebrated as Bail Pola in Maharashtra. The festival has a lot of importance among the agrarian population in the state. The festival of Pola as it is also called is mostly celebrated in Maharashtra and Chattisgarh. Here are some wishes and images to send on this festive day.
August 30 is being celebrated as Bail Pola in Maharashtra. The festival has a lot of importance among the agrarian population in the state. The festival of Pola as it is also called is mostly celebrated in Maharashtra and Chattisgarh. As most of our country is based on agricultural produce, the farm animals hold utmost importance. Bail Pola celebrates and honours the cattle which extensively toil in the fields. Pola is a bull respecting festival mainly celebrated in On this day, farmers decorate and respect their bulls. Bail Pola falls on the no moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana, the Shravani Amavasya. We give you some wishes and images which you can send on this festive occasion.
Bail Pola 2019 is being celebrated today. On this day, farmers adorn their bulls and oxen, to thank them for their help in cultivating. The festival generally occurs after monsoon sowing and fieldwork. Before going for a procession, the bulls are first given a bath and decorated with ornaments and shawl. Their horns are also pained and their necks are adorned with flower garlands. Maharashtra Bendur 2019.
On Pola, bulls don't work and they are part of precession to celebrate the crop season. The procession is lead by an old bull with a wooden frame, also known as makhar, tied on its horns. This bullock is made to break a rope of mango leaves and is followed by other cattle in the village.
Bail Pola 2019 Wishes
Message reads: Tumhala sarvanna Bail Polachya Hardik Shubhechha
Message reads: Baliraja ani tyachya sathi la aaj shubh divsachya hardik shubhechha! Happy Bail Pola!
It is one of the major festivals among Marathas in eastern and central Maharashtra. A similar festival is observed in other parts of the country, known as Mattu Pongal in south India and Godhan in north and west part of the country.
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