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New Year » Countrywise » Maharashtra New Year
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Maharashtra New Year
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The Maharashtrians are a vivacious, vibrant people for whom life itself is a celebration. All festivals in Maharashtra are celebrated with plentiful fervor and zeal. The Festivals are a truly reflection of Maharashtrian culture, with all its colourful customs, traditions and rituals.
The new year's day in Maharashtra Celebrates on the first day of the Hindu month of Chaitra famous as 'Gudipadava'. Maharashtrians celebrates new year with unparalleled passion and festive fervor. The prevalent customs and various culture makes Maharashtra new year event a lot more than a religious one.
Gudhi Padwa Maharashtra New Year
Gudi Padwa is one of the four most auspicious days in the year when people start new beginning. This auspicious festival marks the beginning of New Year in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Karnataka. Gudi Padwa is Marathi New Year festival of Maharashtra. The 1st day of Marathi year begins Maharashtrian people placed a Gudi Padwa for good blessings in new year. It is believed that Lord Brahma, created the earth on this day and so he is worshiped especially at this time. People prepare for the New Year by washing and cleaning their houses and purchasing new clothes.
On the festival day they decorate their houses with mango leaves and 'rangoli' designs, 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. Gudi Padwa, also known as Ugadi, is celebrated on the first day of the Hindu month of Chaitra shukla Padyami, which corresponds to end of March or beginning of April according to the Gregorian calendar. This festival marks the beginning of 'Vasant' or spring.
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