Nuakhai is the main festival of people which is celebrated after offering new rice to Goddess Samaleswari. During the festival, all the family member stays together and celebrate the festival by taking the blessing of elders. To promote Art and culture a great grand festival named 'NUAKHAI BHETGHAT' celebrated every year which have been continuously organized since 25 years by " Paschim Odisha Kalyan Samiti (POKS)"-a renowned social and cultural organization of the district. The well known 'Chanakya' of Odisha politics late Mr. Pyarimohan Mahapatra, IAS & principal secretary to Biju Pattanaik (former Chief Minister of Odisha)considered as a mastermind and proxy leader of Biju Janata Dal, who was being a political advisor to the Chief Minister Nabin Pattnaik from 1999 to 2012, was being a chief praiser of the NUAKHAI BHETGHAT event and THE POKS organization. He liked to participate in the occasion and attend thrice in his own interest. On this occasion, various programmes like essay, debate, drawing, song, dance, fancy dress & fashion show competitions are being conducted among the school & college students from the whole district. The people of Burla have been eagerly waiting throughout the year for the occasion of ‘NUAKHAI BHETGHAT’-a festival for the worship of food grain. Keeping the demand & interest of Burla public this organization organizes fantastic cultural programmes by local performers every year; where peoples’ representatives and ministers participated and exchanged greetings with people. An amount of approximately 3-4 lakh rupees is spent on this arrangement every year. BURLA UTSAV is celebrated with gaiety in between 3-4 years. Cultural troupes from different parts of India take part in this Utsav. In the year 2013 "Aamar Utsav" celebrate a Cultural Dance Programme of Western Odisha inside Bharati Club field in the month of December."Aamar Utsav" represent religious, cultural dance, music, tribal martial dance connected with western Odisha's people's traditions.