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Ugadi / Gudi padwa

Gudi Padwa 2020 – Significance and Rituals

Gudi Padwa or ‘Chaitra Shukla Pratipada’, is a festival celebrated more commonly in Maharashtra by the Hindus. It falls on the first day of the Chaitra month, which corresponds to the March/April of the Gregorian calendar. This day is the beginning of the New Year according to the LuniSolar Hindu calendar. It is also the first day of Chaitra Navratri.

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Ugadi / Gudi padwa

Gudi Padwa 2020 : Customs and Rituals of the festival, Significance; Date and mahurat

The festival is most commonly celebrated in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Surprisingly, the festival is also celebrated as the New Year day for the Marathi community, Telugu New Year (known traditionally as Ugadi), Kannada New Year (known as Yugadi), Sindhi New Year (Cheti Chand), and Kashmiri New Year (Navreh).

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