Ugadi / Gudi Padwa
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada (Mar–Apr) · Brahma (new year)The lunar new year of the Deccan, opening the month of Chaitra with the bitter-sweet of neem and jaggery.
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- The New Year and the Avatara Treatise
The lunisolar new year falls on the first tithi of the bright fortnight of Chaitra, around late March, and is kept under many names: Ugadi in the Deccan, Gudi Padwa…