Q. Kharchi Puja, recently seen in the news, is celebrated in which state?
Answer:
Tripura
Notes: The Prime Minister of India recently extended wishes for Kharchi Puja, a key festival in Tripura celebrated in July-August on the eighth day of the new moon. The festival, meaning "cleansing of sins," involves the worship of fourteen deities by the Royal priest, Chantai. Held at the Chaturdasha Devata temple in old Agartala, the seven-day festival includes bathing the deities' heads in the Saidra river and returning them to the temple.