Marbat Nagpur Cultural Festival

 'Marbat' and 'Badgya' basically considered symbolic of evil are taken out on procession during the event of Tanha Pola. The black and yellow effigies are called piwli (yellow) and kaali ( black) Marbat. These effigies are taken on a 10km procession through the lanes of Itwari and East Nagpur and then burnt. It is believed that with the burning of these effigies all negativity is burnt away. Yellow and black coloured Marbats are created , of which the yellow Marbat is taken out by Teli samaj Mandal in Tarhane . Jagnath Budhwari Shende and family and the entire lineage of Sadashiv Vastad Tadikar chiefly have been making these idols for many decades.