Regional New Year Days

Regional New Year's Days

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Puthandu Pirappu, Rongali Bihu, Naba Barsha and Vaisakhadi, Ugadi, and Gudi Padwa will be celebrated in different parts of the country on 14^th and 15^th April 2021.

In the month of Chaitra (March-April) of the Hindu calendar, most of the regional New Year Days are celebrated.

Ugadi is the Telugu New Year that usually comes in March.
In Punjab the year starts with the first of Vaisakh, coinciding with the ripening of the rabi harvest Baisakhi (April 13).
At the same time, the Nava Varsha of Bengalis begins.
Puthandu, also known as Puthuvarudam or Tamil New Year, is the first day of the year on the Tamil calendar. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the Tamil month Chithirai.
The Assamese celebrate their New Year, Goru and Rangoli Bihu, as a cattle festival.
The people of Kerala celebrate Vishu with the Kani (preparation of an auspicious omen the preceding night so that it is the first thing one sees on waking up on New Year’s day).

These New Year festivals are celebrated in various ways in different parts of our country with renewed hopes and enthusiasm, symbolising our diversity and pluralistic tradition. These festivals also denote respect towards our farmers’ tireless hard work.

Source: PIB

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