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Ugadi Festival
Ugadi is a Hindu New Year festival celebrated with great pomp in the southern region of India as well as in other provinces of the country. Especially in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, it is celebrated every year in March/April.
So, it is not only a new year festival of Hindu tradition, but people from all religions/sections of this country participate in this festival and celebrate together.
It marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar in India and is celebrated on the first day of the lunar month Chaitra (March–April). In 2025, Ugadi festival will be celebrated on Sunday, March 30.
Ugadi Panchangam
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada (the first day of the bright fortnight of Hindu Chaitra month) is celebrated according to the Ugadi Panchang.
The 2nd-day Sun is looking at Pratipada, and the first day will be considered for the celebration.
If the Pratipada pilgrimage does not take place on any sunrise day, then it will be considered the day from which the Tithi begins. The day of the Ugadi in Sanskrit is called Chaitra Shuddhi Padma.
Ugadi Celebration
This year Ugadi will be celebrated on Tuesday 9 April 2024. The preparations for Ugadi start a week in advance.
People clean and repair their homes and buy new clothes and other essential items for the festival. People bathe before sunrise and decorate the entrance and windows with mango leaves.
About Mango Leaves
According to our scriptures, Kartikeya and Ganesh, the sons of Shiva-Parvati, were very fond of mangoes. Karthikeya urged people to tie mango leaves to the doors of their homes to welcome prosperity and a good harvest.
After spraying the area with cow dung mixed water, people also make Rangoli in front of their houses. The new year begins by worshipping the deities with their blessings. People worship the gods according to their convenience.
People from various regions of the plateau of South India celebrate Ugadi with great enthusiasm. Relatives gather at a grand feast. The festival begins with an oil bath in the morning.
Delicious Ugadi Foods
Some people get food of 6 different tastes on this day. With six flavors, they believe that life is a mixture of mixed emotions, and each feeling is like a taste.
A famous dish for this special day is called Ugadi Pachadi. It includes all six flavors. Although this recipe differs from region to region, the most common ingredients are given below:
The flavor of the ingredients is as follows:
- Neem bud/flower bitter sadness
- Jaggery / Khushi
- Green Chili / Hot Chili
- Salty snacks
- Tamarind Juice Sour Solution
In Karnataka, this humility of the people is in the form of Beu Bella. Ugadi Pachadi is the sacred food eaten on this day. It is the first thing that people eat to celebrate this festival. In some places, people take neem leaves with jaggery.
Ugadi Special
Many other dishes are prepared on this day; These are Obbattu / Hogle / Puran Poli etc. The bread is filled with gram and sugar/jaggery paste. And the top is covered with clarified butter, and some of them use traditional coconut milk.
Kavi Sammelan is also organized in some places. Some experts do Ashtadhatu, Shatavadhanam, and Sahasravadhanam during this event.
In this, one must remember the problematic verses presented by 100 experts of literature; And the order of the poems must be correct. One has to recite all the verses poetically.
Ugadi Celebration in Other Regions
People of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and the Konkani community call this festival Yugadi. Telugu people know it as both Ugadi or Yugadi, it depends on their part and community.
In Maharashtra, most people refer to this day as Gudi Padwa. Many names know the Ugadi festival in different regions of India. Some of them are given below:
- Conveyancer Padwo between Konkani in Goa and Kerala
- The people of Konkan in Karnataka know it as 'Yugadi'.
- 'Ugadi' in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
- 'Gudi Padwa' in Maharashtra
- 'Thapna' in Rajasthan
- 'Navy' in Kashmir
- Sajibu Nongma 'Panba' or Meaty Chiroba in Manipur
For North Indians, 'Chaitra Navratri' begins on this day.
Note: If anyone wants to add more about Ugadi as well as if some places need corrections then please comment.
