Ugadi
ugadi yugadi also known samvatsarādi meaning beginning year new year day according hindu calendar celebrated indian state andhra pradesh telangana karnataka cycle actually consists year year individually named first day year called ugadi word ugadi split two uga mean course star adi mean starting festively observed region first day hindu lunisolar calendar month chaitra typically fall late march early april gregorian calendar also fall tamil month either panguni chithrai sometimes day amavasya th nakshatra revati ugadi day pivoted first new moon march equinox day observed drawing colourful pattern floor called muggulu rangoli mango leaf decoration door called torana buying giving gift new clothes giving charity poor oil massage followed special bath preparing sharing special food called pachadi visiting hindu temple pachadi notable festive food combine flavor – sweet sour salty bitter astringent piquant telugu kannada hindu tradition symbolic reminder one must expect flavor experience coming new year make follower souramana calendar system observe ugadi karnataka sun transit aries constellation also festival baisakhi locally known souramana ugadi mesha sankranti ugadi important historic festival hindu medieval text inscription recording major charitable donation hindu temple community center day day observed new year hindu many part india gudi padwa maharashtra goa national public holiday mauritius name yugadi ugadi derived sanskrit word yuga age ādi beginning beginning new age yugadi ugadi fall chaitra shudhdha paadyami first day bright half indian month chaitra generally fall late march early april gregorian calendar telugu people use term ugadi ఉగాది kannadigas use term yugadi ಯುಗಾದಿ festival telugu kannada kodava tulu diaspora andhra pradesh telangana karnataka tamil nadu celebrate festival great fanfare gathering extended family sumptuous feast de rigueur day begin early ritual shower rubbing body perfumed oil followed prayer preparation festival begin week ahead house given thorough clean people buy new clothes including dhoti buy new item festival decorate entrance house fresh mango leaf mango leaf coconut considered auspicious hindu tradition used ugadi people also clean front house water cow dung paste draw colorful floral design people offer prayer temple celebration ugadi marked religious zeal social merriment according vasudha narayanan professor religion university florida pacchadi festive dish symbolically reminds people following year – life – consist sweet experience combination sweet sour salty bitter episode different substance bound together one reminded event episode wholly good bad even midst bitter experience sweet moment one also reminded experience taste transitory ephemeral life one learn put pain pleasure proper temporal perspective special dish prepared occasion andhra pradesh telangana food pulihora bobbatlu bhakshalu polelu oligale new year burelu pachadi preparation made raw mango go well occasion pachadi ugadi pacchadi notable consists chutneylike dish combine ingredient give six flavour food sweet sour salty spicy bitter astringent festive hindu food made tamarind paste sour neem flower bitter brown sugar sweet jaggery sweet table salt salt green chilli spicy raw mango astringent symbolic reminder complex phase life one reasonably expect new year karnataka food holige obattu mango pickle made addition speciality yugadi karnataka create bevubella mixture neem jaggery signify sweet bitter sihikahiಸಿಹಿಕಹಿ symbolizes life experience little bit bitterness hint sweetness maharashtran hindu refer festival observed day gudi padwa marathi गुढी पाडवा sindhi celebrate day cheti chand beginning calendar year manipuris also celebrate new year sajibu nongma panba day hindu bali indonesia also celebrate new year day nyepi ugadi one five hindu national public holiday mauritius astronomical basis hindu calendar hindu unit time yuga vishu