Pargat Diwas

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Valmiki Jayanti
Observed byNepal and India
TypeReligious
SignificanceCommemorate famous sage Maharishi Valmiki
DatePurnima Tithi of Ashwina Month
2024 date17 October
FrequencyAnnual
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Pargat Diwas, or Valmiki Jayanti, is an annual Indian festival celebrated in particular by the

Ashwin, typically in late September or early October.[2]

Valmiki is revered in India as the author of the Indian epic poem

Balmiki sect.[2] Valmiki himself appears as a major character in the Ramayana, as a monk who receives the banished queen Sita into his hermitage and acts as teacher to her twin sons, Lava and Kusha.[3] The "epic metre" in traditional Indian poetry is attributed to Valmiki, with verses consisting of memorable rhyming couplets, suggesting that the poem was intended for public recitation, a common Indian oral tradition.[2]

On Pargat Diwas, portraits of Valmiki, typically depicted as a monk wearing saffron-coloured robes and holding a quill and paper, are paraded in processions called Shobha Yatra through the main streets of the Balmiki sect's locality, accompanied by street devotional singing.[4]

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  4. ^ "सितारगंज में वाल्मीकि प्रकट दिवस पर भव्य शोभा यात्रा". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
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