GUWAHATI: Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu is being observed today across the State to mark the beginning of a new harvest. People light earthen lamps at the foot of the household tulsi plant, paddy fields and pray for a good harvest.
The Kati Bihu falls in the Assamese month of Kati and in the month of mid-October. As per the Assamese calendar this is the second Bihu.
People on the outskirts of Jorhat city- Saraibahi village, performed ‘Naam’ to observe the occasion.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal took to his twitter handle and wished all the people on the occasion.
সেউজী পথাৰবোৰ আমাৰ খেতিয়কসকলৰ কঠোৰ পৰিশ্ৰম আৰু আশাৰ প্ৰতীক। এই আশাবোৰ অনাগত দিনত সোণগুটি হৈ উজলি উঠক আৰু কাতি বিহুৰ বন্তিগছিয়ে পোহৰৰ বাট দেখুৱাই অসমবাসীৰ মংগল সাধন কৰক।
বাপতিসাহোন কাতি বিহুটিত ঈশ্বৰৰ ওচৰত প্ৰাৰ্থনা জনাই তাকেই কামনা কৰিছোঁ। #KatiBihu pic.twitter.com/RYLLYkUey8
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) October 17, 2020
