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COVER STORY<br />
22<br />
Sindh, celebrate the same<br />
day as Cheti Chand, which<br />
is the beginning of their<br />
calendar year. The Manipuris<br />
also celebrate their New Year<br />
as Sajibu Nongma Panba on<br />
the same day. The Hindus<br />
of Bali and Indonesia also<br />
celebrate their new year on<br />
the same day as Nyepi.<br />
Houses are given a<br />
thorough wash. Shopping<br />
for new clothes and buying<br />
other items that go with<br />
the requirements of the<br />
festival are done with a lot<br />
of excitement. On the day<br />
of Ugadi , people wake up<br />
before the break of dawn and<br />
take a head bath after which<br />
they decorate the entrance<br />
of their houses with fresh<br />
mango leaves.<br />
It is noteworthy that mango<br />
leaves and coconuts are<br />
used only on auspicious<br />
occasions to propitiate gods.<br />
People splash fresh cow<br />
dung water on the ground in<br />
front of their house and draw<br />
colorful floral designs.<br />
Special dishes are prepared<br />
for the occasion. In Andhra<br />
Pradesh and Telangana,<br />
eatables such as “pulihora,<br />
bobbatlu (Bhakshalu/ polelu/<br />
oligalu) and Pachadi” and<br />
Ugadi pachchadi is a dish synonymous<br />
with Ugadi. It is made up of new jaggery,<br />
raw mango pieceS, neem flowers and<br />
new tamarind which truly reflects the<br />
life with a combination of six different<br />
tastes (sweet, sour, spice, salt, tangy and<br />
bitter) symbolizing happiness<br />
preparations made with<br />
raw mango go well with the<br />
occasion. In Karnataka,<br />
similar preparations<br />
are made and called<br />
“puliogure” and “holige”. The<br />
Maharashtrians make “puran<br />
poli” or sweet rotis.<br />
Ugadi pachchadi is a dish<br />
synonymous with Ugadi.<br />
It is made of new jaggery,<br />
raw mango pieces, neem<br />
flowers and new tamarind<br />
which truly reflects the<br />
life — a combination of six<br />
different tastes (sweet, sour,<br />
spice, salt, tangy and bitter)<br />
symbolizing happiness,<br />
““<br />
disgust, anger, fear, surprise,<br />
and sadness.<br />
In Karnataka a special dish<br />
called Obbattu, or Holige<br />
is prepared. It consists of a<br />
filling (gram and jaggery /<br />
sugar boiled and made in to<br />
a paste) stuffed in a flat rotilike<br />
bread. It is usually eaten<br />
hot or cold with ghee or milk<br />
topping or coconut milk at<br />
some places of Karnataka.<br />
In Andhra Pradesh, a special<br />
dish called Bobbattu (Polelu)<br />
(Puran Poli) (Oliga) is<br />
prepared on this occasion.<br />
This special dish is called<br />
Bhakshalu in Telangana.<br />
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