Navanna is celebrated during Diwali after
the crop harvesting.
As soon as Diwali is over, the festival of Navanna is
celebrated. It depends on the full ripening of crops, only
then the day for Navanna is fixed.
In Bundelkhand, it is celebrated on the eleventh day after
Diwali. On this day , cows are fed with cakes made of
new corn. No one takes his food until this rite is
completed.
The Gonds first of all act upon offerings of green paddy
to the Saj tree and then to the Bhavani Mata, Holera Dev
(the cattle diety), Narayan Dev and Raat Mai (night mother
goddess) who is to live in the porch (verandah)
of every Gond house.