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[[File:Bailgada manchar.png|thumb|right|Bullock cart race at a Jatra in Manchar, Maharashtra]] | [[File:Bailgada manchar.png|thumb|right|Bullock cart race at a Jatra in Manchar, Maharashtra]] | ||
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'''Jatra''' or '''[[Urs|Urus]]''' are annual festivals held in a large number of villages in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]] during the months of January to May.<ref>{{cite book|author=Balasaheb Tukaram Kanase|title=Cooperative Dairy Industries and Milk Production|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bcpFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|publisher=Lulu Publication|date=2017|isbn=978-1-387-39486-9|page=80|via=Google Books}}<br>- {{cite book|author=R. M. Betham|title=Maráthas and Dekhani Musalmáns |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mATx3PBupsC&pg=PA43|year=1908 |edition= 1996 reprint|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1204-4|pages=73–74|via=Google Books}}<br>- {{cite book|author=Ram Puniyani|title=Religion, Power and Violence: Expression of Politics in Contemporary Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fd5Fm79VMk8C&pg=PA108|date=21 July 2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3338-0|page=112|via=Google Books}}</ref> These may be in honour of the village Hindu deity (Gram devta) or the tomb (''[[dargah]]'') of a local [[Sufism|Sufi]] ''[[Pir (Sufism)|pir]]''.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Feldhaus|editor-first= Anne |title=Images of women in Maharashtrian society : [papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Maharashtra: Culture and Society held in April 1991 at Arizona State University]|date=1998|publisher=State University of New York Press|location=Albany, New York|isbn=9780791436592|page=66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FobxiflfVQC&dq=urus+&pg=PA61}}</ref> In some instances, the holy man in the tomb is revered under different names by Hindus and Muslims.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. J. Roy Burman|title=Hindu-Muslim Syncretic Shrines and Communities |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDZkX0PUEKQC&pg=PR7|year=2002|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-839-6|pages=92–93|via=Google Books}}</ref> Apart from religious observations, celebrations may include bullock-cart racing, [[kabbadi]], wrestling tournaments, a fair and entertainment such as a [[lavani]]/[[tamasha]] show by travelling dance troupes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shodhganga|title=Sangli District|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/9550/10/10_chapter%203.pdf|work=Shodhganga|accessdate=17 April 2014|archive-date=11 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411084556/http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/9550/10/10_chapter%203.pdf|url-status=dead}}<br>- {{cite news|title=Maharashtra asks high court to reconsider ban on bullock cart races|author=Shibu Thomas|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Maharashtra-asks-high-court-to-reconsider-ban-on-bullock-cart-races/articleshow/16872364.cms|accessdate=17 April 2014|newspaper=Times of India|date=19 October 2012}}</ref> A number of families eat meat preparations only during this period. In some villages, women are given a break from cooking and other household chores by their menfolk.<ref>{{cite book|author=R. M. Betham|title=Maráthas and Dekhani Musalmáns|year=1908|location=Calcutta|isbn=81-206-1204-3|page=71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mATx3PBupsC&dq=jatra+&pg=PA71|via=Google Books}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Hinduism in Maharashtra]] | [[Category:Hinduism in Maharashtra]] | ||
[[Category:Festivals in Maharashtra]] | [[Category:Festivals in Maharashtra]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:34, 6 December 2025
Jatra or Urus are annual festivals held in a large number of villages in the Indian state of Maharashtra during the months of January to May.[1] These may be in honour of the village Hindu deity (Gram devta) or the tomb (dargah) of a local Sufi pir.[2] In some instances, the holy man in the tomb is revered under different names by Hindus and Muslims.[3] Apart from religious observations, celebrations may include bullock-cart racing, kabbadi, wrestling tournaments, a fair and entertainment such as a lavani/tamasha show by travelling dance troupes.[4] A number of families eat meat preparations only during this period. In some villages, women are given a break from cooking and other household chores by their menfolk.[5]
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- ↑ Balasaheb Tukaram Kanase (2017). Cooperative Dairy Industries and Milk Production. Lulu Publication. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-387-39486-9 – via Google Books.
- R. M. Betham (1908). Maráthas and Dekhani Musalmáns (1996 reprint ed.). Asian Educational Services. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-81-206-1204-4 – via Google Books.
- Ram Puniyani (21 July 2005). Religion, Power and Violence: Expression of Politics in Contemporary Times. SAGE Publications. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7619-3338-0 – via Google Books. - ↑ Feldhaus, Anne, ed. (1998). Images of women in Maharashtrian society : [papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Maharashtra: Culture and Society held in April 1991 at Arizona State University]. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780791436592.
- ↑ J. J. Roy Burman (2002). Hindu-Muslim Syncretic Shrines and Communities. Mittal Publications. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-81-7099-839-6 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Shodhganga. "Sangli District" (PDF). Shodhganga. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- Shibu Thomas (19 October 2012). "Maharashtra asks high court to reconsider ban on bullock cart races". Times of India. Retrieved 17 April 2014. - ↑ R. M. Betham (1908). Maráthas and Dekhani Musalmáns. Calcutta. p. 71. ISBN 81-206-1204-3 – via Google Books.
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