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[33] [34] Bali Jatra of Sonepur in Odisha, India is also an annual festival celebrated in the month of Aswina (September–October) when animal sacrifice is an integral part of the ritual worship of deities namely Samaleswari, Sureswari and Khambeswari. Bali refers to animal sacrifice and hence this annual festival is called Bali Jatra. [35] [36]
Balipratipada (Bali-pratipadā), also called as Bali-Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. [2] [3] It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali (Mahabali) to earth. Balipratipada falls in the Gregorian calendar months of October or November.
A bali pitha (Sanskrit: बलिपीठम्, romanized: balipīṭham) is the sacrificial altar of a Hindu temple. It is generally built in the shape of a blossoming lotus, erected near the main entrance of a temple. [1] Offerings of riceballs, referred to as pinda, are usually made by adherents upon a bali pitha. [2] [3]
Bali has a caste system similar to the Indian system in its ancient form. In ancient India, caste was called varna , meaning the colouring of the neutral or transparent soul or the propensity of the soul to behave according to certain tendencies based on its innate nature.
Mahabali (IAST: Mahābalī), also known as Bali, Indrasenan, or Māveli, is a daitya king featured in Hinduism. He is the grandson of Prahlada , and a descendant of the sage Kashyapa . There are many versions of his legend in ancient texts such as the Shatapatha Brahmana , Ramayana , Mahabharata , and several Puranas .
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