Which of the following statements about the Nabkalebar Festival is are correct 1 nbs...........

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Which of the following statements about the Nabkalebar Festival is/are correct?

1. Nabkalebar festival is celebrated in the state of West Bengal.

2. Nabkalebar festival occurs every 8th, 12th or 19th year of the previous Nabakalebar festival.

Choose the correct alternative:

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

President Ram Nath Kovind has recently released coins in denominations of Rs 10 and Rs 1,000 commemorating Nabakalebara festival of 2015 during the centenary celebration of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in Puri, Odisha on March 18, 2018. The Nabakalebara festival is an ancient ritual that is observed in most of the Jaganath temples in Odisha. In this fest, the idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra and Sudarshan are replaced by new idols. The occasion occurs every 8th, 12th, or 19th year of the previous Nabakalebara.