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COVER STORY<br />
20<br />
The Hindu New Year based<br />
on Solar calendar is known<br />
as Puthandu in Tamil Nadu,<br />
Bihu in Assam, Vaisakhi in<br />
Punjab, Pana Sankranti in<br />
Orissa and Naba Barsha in<br />
West Bengal.<br />
People livng in the north of<br />
the Vindhya hills observe<br />
it as “Barhaspatyamana”.<br />
People living to the south<br />
of the Vindhya hills observe<br />
it as “Sauramana” or<br />
“Chandramana”.<br />
Ugadi is celebrated on the<br />
bright fortnight (‘Shukla<br />
Paksha’) of the first month<br />
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(‘Chaitra Masa’) in the first<br />
season of the year i.e.<br />
Spring (‘Vasanta-Ritu’).<br />
This day is one of the most<br />
auspicious days for Telugus<br />
and Kannadigas. The Saka<br />
calendar begins with the<br />
month of Chaitra (March–<br />
April) and Ugadi marks the<br />
first day of the new year.<br />
Chaitra is the first month<br />
in Panchanga which is the<br />
Indian calendar.<br />
The name Yugadi or<br />
Ugadi is derived from the<br />
Sanskrit words yuga (age)<br />
and adi (beginning): “the<br />
beginning of a new age”.<br />
Yugadi specifically refers<br />
to the start of the age we<br />
are living in now, the Kali<br />
Yuga. The Kali Yuga began<br />
when Lord Krishna left the<br />
world. Maharshi Vedavyasa<br />
describes this event with<br />
the words “Yesmin Krishno<br />
divamvyataha, Tasmat eeva<br />
pratipannam Kaliyugam”. Kali<br />
Yuga began on February 17<br />
or 18, at midnight, in 3102<br />
BCE.<br />
The Marwari of Rajasthan<br />
celebrate the same day as<br />
their new year day Thapna.<br />
The Sindhis, people from
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