Kartik Purnima on total lunar eclipse: Know timing for floating boats, curbs on food intake and more

This year, Kartik Purnima coincides with total lunar eclipse, a rare astronomical event when the earth is positioned precisely between the Moon and Sun.

Kartika Purnima on total lunar eclipse

Kartik Purnima is one of the most awaited occasions in the Odia calendar. The fest celebration features ‘Boita Bandana’, wherein people in large numbers congregate at the banks of rivers and other water bodies to set afloat miniature boats as an acknowledgement to the glorious maritime history of Odisha.  

For two successive years, the pandemic marred the Kartik Purnima celebrations in Odisha as the government imposed restrictions on taking holy bath as well as sailing of miniature boats in water bodies.