*India* is a country where people of various cultures, languages, castes, and religions live together following both solar and lunar calendar systems, and New Year is celebrated as per Vedic time. There are numerous days in a year when the New Year is celebrated. Every state in India celebrates the New Year in its own way, following traditions and customs, and is a part of that particular region exclusively. The Hindu New Year is also known as the Vikram Samvat and all the festivals are based on it.
The regions following Solar Calendar celebrate New Year on *Baisakhi* in North and Central India, *Ugadi* in Andhra Pradesh, Rongali *Bihu* in Assam, *Puthandu* in Tamil Nadu, *Vishu* in Kerala, *Pana Sankranti* in Odisha, and *Poila Boishakh* in Bengal in the month of the calendar, i.e., Vaishakha. This day generally falls on 14th or 15th April. The regions following Lunar Calendar consider Chaitra to be the first month of the year which falls in the month of March- April. Gujarat celebrates New year’s day after Diwali in *Kartik month* (October – November). Here is the list of various New Year Days celebrated round the year in the various Indian States. *Bohag Bihu (बोहाग बिहु) – Assamese New Year * *Cheti Chand (चेटी चंद) – Sindhi New YearGudi Padwa (गुड़ी पड़वा) – Marathi New YearPana Sankranti (पणा संक्रांति) – Odisha New YearPohela Boishakh (पोइला बैसाख) – Bengali New YearPuthandu (पुथंडु ) – Tamil New YearUgadi (उगादी) – Telugu New YearVaisakhi (वैसाखी) – Punjabi New YearVishu (विषु) – Malayalam New YearBestu Varas (બેસતું વર્ષ) – Gujarati New YearLosoong (लोसांग) – Sikkimese New YearNavreh (नवरेह) – Kashmiri New YearHijri (हिजरी)– Islamic New YearLosar (लोसर) – Arunachal Pradesh New YearNowruz (नवरोज़) – Persian New Year KR IRS 31 12 22 // 1/1/23* On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 at 02:46, 'N Sekar' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > Wish you all a happy and prosperous English New year. > > I am saying English because last year I heard someone say that we have > come away so far from our roots that we say > > Happy Tamizh new year > > But > > Happy new year to 1st January. > > Forgetting the Tamizh new year is OUR new year and 1 Jan is the English > new year. > > And he also said Malayalees or Telugus or others just say Happy Vishu and > Happy Ugadi and not Happy Malayalam Vishu, happy Telugu Ugadi etc. > It is the bane of the Tamizhs only. > > I thought what he said made sense. > > Hence, happy English new year to all, once again. > > N Sekar > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/569138201.4112194.1672483561514%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/569138201.4112194.1672483561514%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZooU8ftBACrqb_DDS86semRr%3D4bTW2qareU-aBLO1oe6%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
