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
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
Kannadigas
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The Kannadigas or Kannadigaru, often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethnic group primarily native to the southern Indian state of Karnataka and its surrounding regions. They natively s
Ugadi
…year. Samvat, meaning “era,” and Adi, meaning “beginning”'), 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 Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, in some parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, as well as by diaspora…
Kannada schoolchildren celebrating Ugadi
Hampi, capital of Vijayanagara Empire
57-foot monolithic statue of Gommateshvara Bahubali dated 978–993 AD.
Traditional folk house with courtyard and tulasi katte.