Bandna (spelt as Bāndnā, Hindi: बांदना) is an agriculture-oriented festival in which domestic cattle and agriculture appliances are worshiped.

[1] The festival mostly observed in the state of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Assam, and celebrated annually as per Hindu calendar in the month of Amavashya of Kartik.

The men became aware of the complaints, to the people cleaned their houses and cowsheds, and on the day of Amavasya, the cattle were properly washed while their horns and foreheads were smeared with oil and vermilion.

The cattle were provided with fodder and the Gohal (cowshed) was illuminated with Diyas (earthen lamps).

On the second day, Shiva found the people worshiping Garaiya with special offerings, including a sacrifice made in their honour.

On his way back, he found the Bagals/Dhangars (contractual header) playing with the cattle at the gochar (grazing land).