Khring Khring Baitho Puja

Khring Khring Baitho Puja or Baithow Puja or Khring Khring Baithaw Puja is a traditional religious festival celebrated by the Sonowal Kachari people, an indigenous ethnic group of Assam, India. Khring Khring Baitho Puja is an agricultural religious festival of the Sonowal Kachari people and marks the beginning of their traditional New Year. The festival is observed at a traditional temple known as the Baitho Than and is accompanied by devotional songs called Haidang. Celebrated annually, the festival is primarily agrarian in nature. It is observed on the second Sunday of the Shukla Paksha of Phaguna month of Assamese calender and continues over several days, beginning with Deo Namawa on Sunday, followed by Mul Puja on Monday, Bihu Namawa on Tuesday, and Baghdeo Puja on Wednesday.