The Karam (Karma) Harvest Festival is observed in several Indian states, including Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal, and it recurs every year on the eleventh day of the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, typically falling in August or September. This traditional festival honors the deity Karam, associated with youth and power, and features various customs rooted in local legends. One such legend involves seven brothers whose neglect of the Karam deity led to their misfortune until they sought to appease her. In preparation for the festival, girls plant nine types of grains in baskets, and on the festival day, women prepare rice flour to make traditional treats. The festivities include a communal search for the karam tree, from which branches are cut and symbolically planted in the village center. Rituals involve offerings to the deity, dancing, singing, and the consumption of rice beer, culminating in the floating of the karam branches in the river the following morning.