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Dharmaraya Habba, Indian Festival
Dharmaraya Habba is an annual festival in honour of the five Pandava princes.

Dharmaraya Habba is an annual festival in honour of the five Pandava princes. Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandavas is also called Dharmaraya. Dharmaraya Habba festival is a very popular one amongst the Sudras though Brahmans take no part in it. The Pujari or priest, who officiates the Dharmaraya Habba festival, is a Sudra.

In the morning of the Dharmaraya Habba festival, ablutions are performed in tanks. During the day buffaloes and sheep are sacrificed and in the evening a car is drawn through the principal streets.

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(Last Updated on : 27/07/2009)
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