In September 2024, tribal populations in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, and Odisha celebrated the harvest festival of Karma or Karam Parv.
- At the heart of the Karma festival is the Karam tree — traditionally seen as a symbol of Karam Devta or Karamsani, the god of strength, youth, and vitality, and the object from which the festival takes its name.
- The festival is popular especially among the Munda, Ho, Oraon, Baiga, Kharia, and Santhal peoples.
- It is traditionally celebrated on the Ekadashi tithi (eleventh day) of the lunar fortnight in the month of Bhado/ Bhadra, which corresponds to August-September in the Gregorian calendar.
- The Karam tree is the focus of the festival. The precise ways in which the tree is worshipped may differ slightly from region to region.
