Ugadi Subhakankshalu!
The term ‘Ugadi’ is derived from Yuga + aadi, which means, yuga is era and aadi is the start. Ugadi is the first big festival which starts the Telugu New Year. This festival is celebrated mainly by the people of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Maharastra people also celebrate the same day as Gaudi Padwa and Sinshis celebrate as Cheti Chand.
Depending on the Hindu calendar which is a lunisolar calendar, Ugadi is celebrated on different day every year unlike the English New Year.
Like every festival day, people start this festival day with ritual showers, new dresses and special dishes. The significant tradition of this festival is to decorate house doors and pooja mandir with fresh and green mango leaves, and people prepare a special dish called ‘Ugadi Pachadi’. This pachadi is prepared in every Adhra home on this festival day. The pachadi contains the sweetness of jaggery, the sourness of tamarind, the bitterness of neemflower and the bitter flavour of the green mango skin, spice of the chilli powder, raw tender mango’s taste and salt. This is a unique flavoured pachadi, which resembles the mixture of feelings in everyone’s life.
Happy Ugadi to everyone!
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