| Nagoba Jatara | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Observed by | Tribal people or Scheduled Tribes |
| Type | Gond, Tribal |
| Celebrations | 10 days |
| Observances | Offering to the Goddess |
| Begins | January |
| Date | Annual - February |
Nagoba Jatara is Gond tribal festival held in a Keslapur village, Inderavelly Mandal[1] Adilabad district, Telangana, India.[2] It is the second biggest tribal carnival and celebrated by Mesaram clan of Gond&Pardhan tribes for 10 days.[3] Tribal people from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh belonging to the Mesram clan offer prayers at the festival.[4]
Thousands of Tribal people from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh belonging to the Mesaram clan offer prayers at the festival Nagoba. It starts in Pushya Masam, Hindu lunar month. A ceremony of 'bheting' is its integral part where the new brides are introduced to the clan god during first jatra after their marriage.[5]