HAPPY GUDI PADWA - UGADI

Rajaraman V

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Mar 31, 2014, 1:15:20 AM3/31/14

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Dear Friends ,

On this auspicious first day of Chaitra month , greetings to you .

Junya dukkhanna maage sodun - Swagat kara nav varshache - Gudi Padwa gheun yeto kshan - Pragati ani harshache !
Padwyachya hardik shubheccha.

In Maharashtra, the new year is celebrated as Gudhi Padwa - a festival that heralds the advent of spring (March-April). Early on the morning of the first day of the Chaitra month, people finish their ablutions, wear new clothes and decorate their houses with colorful "rangoli" patterns. A silk banner is raised and worshipped, and greetings and sweets are exchanged. People hang "gudhis" on their windows on this day to celebrate Mother Nature's bounty. A "gudi" is a decorated pole with a brass or a silver vessel placed on it.

The Telugu and the Kannada New Year falls on the first day of the month of Chaitra (March-April). People in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states in the South of India believe that Lord Brahma began the creation of the universe on this auspicious day of Ugadi. People prepare for the new year by cleaning and washing their houses and buying new clothes. On the Ugadi day they decorate their houses with mango leaves and rangoli and pray for a prosperous new year, and visit the temples to listen to the yearly calendar - "Panchangasravanam" as priests make predictions for the coming year. Ugadi is also an auspicious day to embark on any new endeavor.

The Sindhis celebrate Cheti Chand on their New Year day which coincides with Gudhi Padwa in Maharashtra and Ugadi in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Cheti Chand falls on on the first day of the month of Chaitra, also called 'Cheti' in Sindhi. This day is observed as the birthday of Jhulelal, the patron saint of the Sindhis. On this day, Sindhis worship Varuna, the water god and observe a number of rituals followed by feasts and devotional music.

Have a wonderful day !

Regards ,

Rajaraman and family .

Pravin Poojari

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Mar 31, 2014, 1:17:33 AM3/31/14

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श्रीखंड पुरी,
       रेशमी गुढी,
       लिंबाचे पान,
     नवं वर्ष जावो छान.
     स्वागत नवं वर्षाचे,
     अशा आकांक्षाचे,
     सुख समृद्धीचे,
पडता द्वारी पाउल गुढीचे,
शांत निवांत शिशिर सरला.
सळसळता हिरवा वसंत आला. कोकिळेच्या सुरवाती सोबत,
चैत्र "पाडवा" दारी आला."
    नूतन वर्षाच्या आगोदरच तुम्हाला हार्दिक शुभेचूछा,.... Pravin & family

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