[1] Kherai festival is performed for the welfare of public and private lives as well as for good harvest.

[2] It is intended to appease Bathou or Sibrai along with Mainao or Lakhsmi [3] (The Goddess of Harvest) and host of other deities.

For a period of three days and nights, Kherai dances are performed to revere the holy Bathou and other deities.

Doudini or Deodhani (female exorcist) is the chief dancer and all rituals are performed by her and she is guided by the Douri, the Ojha and a Githal.

[6][7] During Kherai, first, the Ojha enchants a spell on the Doudini and it is called "Alongikhangnai", second, she falls in trance, and in the third stage, she is believed to be converted into a spiritual being.