Post by Trinetra Tours on Apr 14, 2014 18:19:44 GMT 5.5
The Trinetra Family wishes all are friends and their families A Very Happy Indian New Year celebrated on the 14th or 15th April in different parts of the country. May your lives be filled with new joys , good health and buoyed by hope and success.
With Lots of Love & Best Wishes,
Tapas, Mahendra Pal, Manju, Charanjeet, Heena, Baneet, Rahul, Praveen, Isha, Nidhi, Meenu, Gunjan, Akansha, Diksha, Jatin, Paras, Rahul, Pratima, Shiv, Saurabh, Sheral, Deepika & Merlin.
The narration of the Indian New Year -
Although the Indian National Calendar is the official calendar for the Hindus, regional variants still prevail. As a result, we have a host of new year festivities that are unique to the particular regions on this vast country. Characteristic of the Indian cultural mélange, Hindus in various states of India celebrate the new year in their own ways. And not all of these fall on the same day!
The Hindus of Kashmir start their new year - Navreh - in mid March. At the same time, the southern Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh begin their new year - Ugadi. The Marathas celebrate their new year Gudi Padwa, and the Sindhis observe Cheti Chand, the coming of new year, during the same time. Usually, the Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Kashmiri and Sindhi New Year falls on the same day - the first day of the month of Chaitra, heralding the advent of spring.
In mid-April, the Bengalis usher in the new year with the Poila Baishakh celebrations, the Assamese in the northeast with Bihu festivals, and the Tamils in the South with Puthandu. Around this time, Hindus in Punjab get agog with Baisakhi, the springtime harvest festival marking the beginning of their new year, and the people of Kerala in the south of India welcome their new year - Vishu.