Gorehabba

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Gorehabba or Gore Habba is a festival or ritual in India of splashing cow dung [1] on each other. This festival is celebrated a day after Diwali's Bali Padyami in the small village of Gumatapura, in Karnataka, India. [2] [3] A similar festival is celebrated in Thalavadi village of Erode district in Tamil Nadu. [4]

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  1. ↑ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/this-indian-village-celebrates-cow-dung-festival-to-mark-end-of-diwali-101636307698144.html
  2. ↑ "Gorehabba". Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India (SCFI). Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  3. ↑ Phadnis, Shekher (October 16, 2011). "A Strange Diwali Celebration". The Navhind Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  4. ↑ Madhav, Pramod (November 4, 2024). "Why does this Tamil Nadu village throw cow dung to end Diwali?". India Today . Retrieved January 10, 2025.


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