Gudi Padwa
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Gudi Padwa is a spring festival marking the start of the lunisolar new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus. It is celebrated in and around Maharashtra, Goa, and Daman at the start of Chaitra, the firs
A Gudi Padwa new year festive procession in Dombivli, Maharashtra
Raising gudi is main ritual of Gudi Padwa
Rangoli made on Gudi Padwa
Ugadi
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Ugādi, Yugādi or also known as Saṁvatsarādi, is the first day of the year on the Hindu calendar. It is traditionally celebrated by the Kannadigas and Telugu people in the Indian states of Andhra Prade
Gudi Padwa
…refer to the day as sausāra pāḍavo or sausāra pāḍyo (सौसार पाडवो and सौसार पाडयो, respectively). Kannada Hindus in Karnataka refer to it as Yugādi/Ugadi (ಯುಗಾದಿ), while Telugu Hindus celebrate the same occasion as Ugadi (ఉగాది). Sindhi people celebrate the day as Cheti Chand, and Kashmiri Pandits celebrate…
Ugadi Pachadi with puja tray
Ugadi Pachadi
Muggu (rangoli) arrangement in April 2009
Ugadi Pacchadi (right) is a symbolic dish prepared by Hindu people during this festival