The Manda festival is celebrated in Jharkhand where devotees fast for nine days and walk barefoot on red-hot coals on the tenth day. This ritual is performed as a form of devotion to Lord Shiva. The festival includes processions from Shiva temples and purification baths in local ponds or rivers. Manda differs from other tribal festivals like Sarhul, which marks spring, and Bansera, related to harvest celebrations, reflecting specific religious and cultural practices in Jharkhand.
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