Ugadi is an important festival celebrated in the state of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. It represents the beginning of the New Year or Nav Varsh asper the Hindu panchang. This year the festival will fall on 19th March , coinciding with the Marathi festival of Gudi Padwa. Ugadi is celebrated with much festive fervor and enthusiasm by the people. It holds cultural, religious as well as astronomical significance and also heralds the beginning of a new era and harvest season as its name suggests. The name Yugadi is formed by combining two Sanskrit words “Yuga” and “Adi”. Yuga means age and adi means beginning. Ugadi is celebrated on the first day of the Hindu month of Chaitra (March–April) following the South Indian Amavasyant calendar, in which months end on the day of the new moon. The new year marks the beginning of the calendar cycle as well as the start of spring and the planting season. Celebrate Ugadi, the traditional New Year festival of South India that marks renewal, hope, and prosperity. Explore its cultural rituals, historical roots, and festive significance.
