Local Festivals

13th April, 2021 Art & Culture

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Context: PM Modi greets people on various festivals

The Prime Minister greeted people on Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Baishakhi, Sajibu Cheiraoba, Navreh and Cheti Chand — new year festivals celebrated by people of different regions.
These festivals showcase India's diversity and the spirit of 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat.'

Ugadi

Ugadi/Yugadi also known as Samvatsarādi, is the New Year's Day for the States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka in India.
It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra.
This typically falls in April month of the Gregorian calendar.
The same day is observed as a New Year by Hindus in many other parts of India. For example, it is called Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra.
In Karnataka, the festival is celebrated as

Gudi Padwa

Gudhi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus along with other fellow Hindus.
It is celebrated in and near Maharashtra and Goa on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar.
It signifies the arrival of spring and to the reaping of Rabi crops.

Baishakhi

It is observed by Hindus and Sikhs.
It also marks the beginning of Hindu solar New year.
Usually celebrated on 13 or 14 April every year and is a historical and religious festival in Hinduism.
For Sikhs, Vaisakhi observes as a major Sikh festival marking the birth of Sikh order started after the persecution and execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur for refusing to convert to Islam under the orders of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

Navreh

This Kashmiri New Year is the celebration of the first day of the Kashmiri new year by Kashmiri Hindus.
Kashmiri Pandits dedicate Navreh festival to their Goddess Sharika and pay homage to her during the festival.
It takes place on the first day of the bright half on the month of Chaitra (March–April) of the Kashmiri Hindu calendar.

Sajibu Cheiraoba

It is also called Meetei Cheiraoba or Sajibu Cheiraoba, is the lunar new year festival of the people who follow the religion of Sanamahism in the Indian state of Manipur.

Cheti Chand

It is a festival that marks the beginning of the Lunar Hindu New Year for Sindhi Hindus.
The date of the festival is based on the lunar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, falling on the first day of the year, in the Sindhi month of Chet (Chaitra).

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