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Believer
23 March 2012, 08:47 PM
Namaste,

Happy Ugadi to all our Telugu and Kannada friends in the Forum.
Wishing you all a joyous New Year!

Pranam.

charitra
24 March 2012, 11:33 AM
Thank you
ugaadi shuba kaankshalu to all :)

Eastern Mind
24 March 2012, 01:00 PM
Vannakkam:

Happy New Year!

Last night our local Andhra Association had a sponsored puja at the temple, and then this morning so too did the Kannada Association.

Aum Namasivaya

Mana
24 March 2012, 01:28 PM
Namaste All,

Happy Ugadi; Happy new year!!!

Please excuse my ignorance; is this festival Ugadi, the new year, celebrated at different times between different regions and sects? I am fascinated by the difference between our calendars, but I am very ignorant; any information or explanation will be greatly appreciated.


praNAma

mana

Eastern Mind
24 March 2012, 01:31 PM
Vannakkam Mana: Enjoy this read. I'm sure its incomplete as well. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_New_Year%27s_days

Aum Namasivay

Mana
24 March 2012, 02:31 PM
Namaste EM

Thank you, wow that's quite a list and an interesting read!

Happy New year :)

praNAma

mana

charitra
24 March 2012, 04:11 PM
http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/religion/article3024497.ece



…………..It may not be the New Year eve bash; but definitely, it meansbeginning with a singularly ethnic food - sweet-sour chutney that is mostappetising. The chutney is supposed to symbolise the six flavours of life:sweet, bitter, sour, saline, spicy and caustic. We have just bid goodbye to the‘Khara' samvat (year) and we are beckoning the ‘Nandana' with hope of joy.Nandana primarily means that which bestows joy. Every year is ruled by aplanet: this time around, Nandana is ruled by the planet Venus or Shukrawho is considered to be feminine-natured. This deity is the sixth planet(representing Friday) on the chart.


The year Nandana returns after a cycle of 60 years. Why is the number 60 sosignificant in our lives? …………………….


Then why do we begin our new year, way after January? According to ouralmanac, the month of Chaitra (mid-March-April) is the onset of spring. Itsimply means the beginning of new life in nature.

Believer
25 March 2012, 10:52 AM
Namaste,

Then why do we begin our new year, way after January? According to ouralmanac, the month of Chaitra (mid-March-April) is the onset of spring. Itsimply means the beginning of new life in nature.
Barring the Gujrati new year which starts on the day after Diwali and is tied to the victory of an ancient Hindu king over his rival, the start of the new year for most other Indian ethnic groups seems to be tied to the spring harvest season.

Pranam.

Mana
25 March 2012, 12:33 PM
Namaste,

I was wondering as to whether the new year is set relative to the appearance of the new moon in conjunction with ashvini, the first nakshatra found at 0° in meṣa (Aries), whilst the Sun is in Mīna (Pisces) or meṣa. Then the 28th nakshatra would regulate this when needed?

As a side thought, I believe it is considered auspicious in Ayurvedic practise, to cut herbs when there is a new moon?

Thank you for your thoughts and wisdom, it is quite fascinating.

praNAma

mana

charitra
25 March 2012, 04:52 PM
@ Mana, it has everything to do with the arrival of spring, please read my above post and click on the link posted at top there
Looks like it is the Hindu New Year eve across the ocean in a far off land as well: Bali.

Bali Island Shuts Down for Hindu New Year (http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-news/hindu-press-international/bali-island-shuts-down-for-hindu-new-year/11936.html)


Source (http://www.thesundaily.my/news/330040)

BALI (March 23, 2012) : Shops were shuttered Friday and many tourists stayed inside their hotels as the Indonesian holiday island of Bali closed down for a day to mark the Hindu new year.

More than 2,500 police dressed in traditional black-and-white batik sarongs guarded the island to ensure there was no activity in the streets on the day of reflection, known as Nyepi. Bali's international airport in Denpasar was also shut, with almost 300 flights cancelled over a 24-hour period.

Around 35,000 passengers normally fly into Denpasar each day, airport officials said. Vehicles were not allowed on the streets, and TV and radio were cut off.

"Other than police, there is no one outside, nothing at all to do," said Nyoman Sumaya, a receptionist at the beachfront Oberoi Hotel in the busy tourist district of Seminyak. "We informed all our guests that they could not leave the hotel or even sit on the beach out front."On Thursday night, locals paraded effigies of demons known as ogoh-ogoh, before setting them alight to symbolise renewal and purification, but on Nyepi night, the island blacks out as lights must stay switched off.

[HPI note: Dont' miss Hinduism Today's special issue on Bali here (http://www.hinduismtoday.com/) ]

See a slidewhow with extrordinary photos of Nyepi here (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/318549/20120323/nyepi-day-2012-indonesia-celebrates-balinese-new.htm).