Ugadi New Year for Indians.

Congratulations to you on Ugadi New Year. It is not much celebrated much in North of India. You have given a good account about the New Year, how it is celebrated over there. However, from tommorw Navratras are beginning and many go on fast for 7 days during this period.

Hello chaitra , wishing you and your family a very happy Ugadi. May God shower on you His choicest blessings and immense prosperity. I am a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin and our community celebrates it too. We all congregate at an appointed place where the Panchanga for the New Year is read out and prayers are offered for the welfare of the community and the entire humanity which is followed by a spiritual discourse. After that there is a small feast for everyone and everyone wishes each other. Since i am physically challenged and on a wheelchair i am not able to attend any of these gatherings. However in 1998 the spiritual head of our community Param Pujya Sadyojat Shankarashram Swamiji had visited my house and i along with my mother were fortunate to receive their blessings.Our Swamiji regularly visits Bangalore and stays at the Shri chitrapur Math at Malleswaram. If you get an opportunity you must have their darshan because they are the very incarnation of Adi Shankarashram with an imposing and pleasant personality.

Happy Ugadi to you dear friend !!! we have Chaitra Navaratri from tomorrow....this is considered new year by all hindus....but yes all celebrate in different ways, the way u are saying, i have seen in maharashtra also where i am born and studied but in M.P. here now, we just offer prayers to MAA DUGRA and the wishes are same health, wealth and prosperity. wish you all the best for celebration !!!

friend it is not the new year for India.this is only for south indian mainly andhra pradesh peoples celebrate this. I am from north India (Rajasthan) and settled in andhra pradesh we don't celebrated but we go to our near by friends to wish them.

Hi Chaitra, First of all Happy Ugadi to you. I am sorry; I am not familiar with this festival. Anyway I am glad to know that you are in a celebration mood. Do you have a holiday on this festival? What about the dishes, there must be lot of sweet dishes too? Enjoy it. Have a great time.

Chimrani is right. Ugadi is not the new year in India when taking India a single nation. This festival is restricted only withthin the southern belt of the country. Here in Assam the new year begins on the 1st day of the 'Baisakha' the first month in the Assamese calender and it is the 14 day of April if you go by the English calender.

Very happy new year to you and all your friends and family members. I was hearing of Ugadi on many sites though I did not really know till now, what it is. I hope you have grand celebrations with fun and feast. We Bengalis celebrate the new year on 15th April, which is the first day of Baisakh. We call it Poila Baisakh so our new year is just coming. We will of course buy new clothes, decorate our houses with flowers and have festival food. A fun filled day for all Bengalis.

Happy Ugadi to all of you .Well we too decorate our house with mango and neem leaves.We prepare Ugadi pacchadi with jaggery,neem flowers,mangoes,New tamarind pasted,chillies and salt early in the morning after pooja.It is a mix of all tastes and eating it on that day is good for health.We wear new clothes and visit temple especially lord venkateswara on Ugadi day.Smiles...

HI Chaitra, I feel blessed that I took birth in India. A country rich in tradition and culture. I wish a Great New Year ahead to all my friends in south India.. Hope to get mangoes soon as well.. :) Happy MyLotting

Well I am from Mumbai. I have different friends from different religions they are Gujarati, Bengali, and also from Orissa, UP and Bihar. They are celebrating this day as new year and it is also believed as a good day for shopping. Happy new yaer fellow mylotters

Hi friend Virodhi Nama Samvastara Ugadi Subhakankshalu everyone will have there own way of celebrating it......its one of most important festival for all south indian..

Hi, a happy Ugadi to you. We celebrate our new year on April'14 Which is the day a new year starts for Tamilians

happy Ugadi New year...!!!