Explanation:

It is also known Boita Banda?a, which literally means ‘A Voyage to Bali’.

• The annual festival is celebrated from day of Kartika Purnima (according to Odia Calendar).
• It is held in Cuttack city of Odisha, at Gadagadia Ghata of Mahanadi river.
• It is celebrated to mark the day when ancient Sadhabas (Odia mariners) would set sail to distant lands of Bali, Java, Sumatra as well as Sri Lanka for trade and cultural expansion.
• People of Odisha gather near banks of Mahanadi river, Brahmani river, or other river banks, ponds to float miniature toy boats, made of colored paper as a symbolic gesture of their ancestors’ voyage.