Raja Parba, also popularly known as Mithuna Sankranti, is a three-day-long Hindu festival that celebrates womanhood. To celebrate the advent of the monsoon, the joyous festival is celebrated for three days with great enthusiasm by the villagers in Odisha. The first day is called Pahili Raja, the second is Raja Sankranti, and the third is Bhumi Dahana or Basi Raja.