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| name = Lavan Paavain<br />
| native_name = लवाण पावैन<br />
| native_name_lang = Mai<br />
| nickname = Nawann Parva<br />
| genre = New grains harvesting festival in Mithila<br />
| frequency = annually<br />
| venue = Home of [[Maithils]]<br />
| location = [[Mithila region]]<br />
| country = <br />
| countries = India and Nepal<br />
| participants_title = [[Maithils]]<br />
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'''Lavan Paavain''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: लवाण पावैन) also called as ''Nawann Parva'' is a special festival of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] in the [[Indian subcontinent]] that celebrates the harvest of new grains in the region. It is a nature praying festival and symbolises [[Grihastha|Grihasth]] tradition in the region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=जानिए मिथिला के खास पर्व नवान्न के बारे में, प्रसाद को लेकर ऐसी है मान्यता |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/astro/religion-rituals/festivals-and-fasts/navanna-parv-is-special-festival-of-mithila-and-know-about-navanna-prasad/articleshow/91487663.cms |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Automation |first=Bhaskar |title=मिथिलांचल का विशिष्ठ पर्व नवान्न धूमधाम से मना |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/madhubani/news/celebrating-the-special-festival-of-mithilanchal-040613-3279602.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126112722/https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/madhubani/news/celebrating-the-special-festival-of-mithilanchal-040613-3279602.html |archive-date=2018-11-26 |access-date=2025-11-08 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}</ref> On the occasion of this festival, ''chuda'' prepared from the rice obtained from the new paddy crop is offered as [[Prasada|naivedya]] to [[Vishnu|Lord Vishnu]], [[Varuna|Lord Varuna]] and [[Agni|Lord Agni]]. After the rituals and worship, everyone wishes for happiness and prosperity. Then, the members of the family eat dishes having chuda, curd, jaggery and pickle along with radish as prasad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-04 |title=मिथिला का पर्व लवाण का आयोजन कल |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/ranchi/story-mithila-39-s-festival-lavan-is-organized-tomorrow-5246258.html |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=www.livehindustan.com |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
The festival is celebrated in the Hindu month of ''Agahan'' (usually [[December]]). The preparations for this festival, begins more than a month in advance. On the day of the [[Ashvin (month)|Ashwin]] [[Sankranti]] also known as ''Gabha Sankranti'', the preparations for the festival begin by making 14 ''chipdi'' (cakes of dung). These Chipdi are prepared by the unmarried girl of the house and kept in sunlight for drying. On the day of Navann Parva, these Chipdi are used to lit sacred ritualistic fire in front of the family deity called as Kuldevi or Kuldevta.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Early in the morning on the day of Navann Parva, a male member of the family goes to his farm and harvests some paddy. The paddy harvested from the farm field are kept in front of the ''Kuldevi'' or ''Kuldevta'' of the family. Then the women of the family prepare chuda from that paddy. After that sacred [[Prasada|prasad]] is prepared from the chuda by mixing raw milk and jaggery, which all the members of the family offer to Lord Agni.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Culture of Mithila]]<br />
[[Category:Festivals of Indian culture]]<br />
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