Ugadi Karnataka
Ugadi is the celebration of the commencement of the New Year in Karnataka. It is considered as the beginning of a new life,
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as new rays of hopes and joys fill our life. Ugadi gives you some more information regarding this very bright festival in Karnataka. In this festival, garlands made of the sweet scented jasmines are offered to the Gods. Incense sticks are lighted. The priests chant mantras and people pray to God with utmost dedication and sincerity.
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The ladies too adorn their hair with jasmines. The enchanting and magical fragrance of the flower fills up the entire surrounding with an aura of festive mood and creates a jolly spirit in every person.
Many people whitewash their houses and buy new garments for themselves and for their relatives. On this particular and auspicious
day, they wake up early morning and after a shower get ready for the puja .
They adorn the main door with mango leaves and flowers. They put coconut leaves on the kalas and keep it beside the door. They sprinkle cow dung water in front of their houses and make bright designs with different colors.
Ugadi gives you the ideas about the major and typical dishes made on this festive occasion. The women prepare a dish
combining raw mangoes, jaggery, tamarind and neem flower. It is called ugadi pachchadi.
The traditional items are Puliogure and holige. In the evening the people gather for bhakti songs and kavi sammelanam . It reflects their literature and culture.
Ugadi is the time for the farmers to sow new seeds in the field and start afresh new cultivation. The blooming flowers and the sprouting of new plants illustrate abundance and prosperity. The farmers pray for health and wealth, and weave new aspirations for the new year. It
marks the offset of prosperity, newness and freshness. The whole festival mirrors Kannad art and culture.
Gudi Padva is considered one of the four most auspicious days in the year when people start new ventures. It is believed that Lord Brahma created the world on this day and so he is worshipped specially at this time. People prepare for the new year by cleaning and washing their houses and buying new clothes. On the festival day they decorate their houses with mango leaves and 'rangoli' designs, and pray for a prosperous new year, and visit the temples to listen to the yearly calendar — 'Panchangasravanam' as priests make predictions for the coming year. In Maharashtra, it is reminiscent of the valiant Marathas returning home from their successful expeditions of war. They honour their favourite leader, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. A gudi (banner) with a swastika -marked metal pot and silk cloth is raised to announce victory and joy.
The prasad of Ugadi/Gudi Padwa is the bitter leaves of the neem tree with jaggery. There are special foods prepared for this festival. In the southern states, puligore-a sour tamarind rice dish, bobbatlu, holige- a sweet stuffed bread and Ugadi Pachadi made of jagerry, raw mango pieces, neem flowers and tamarind is prepared. In Maharastra, shrikhand -a fragrant yogurt dessert , with poori-a fried puffy bread is prepared.
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