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Hindu New Year (Vikram Samvat)

  • Puja vidhi
  • 6 Wishes to send
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Hindu New Year (Vikram Samvat)

Why it is celebrated

The Hindu New Year begins on Pratipada, the first day of the bright half of Chaitra. The new year of the Vikram Samvat starts on this day, and so does Chaitra Navratri. In different parts of India the day is celebrated as Gudi Padwa, Ugadi and Navreh.

The story

In the tradition of the Puranas it is said that Brahma ji began creating the world on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. So this day is seen as the start of a new cycle of time. Nature also feels new at this time: fresh leaves appear on the trees and crops ripen in the fields.

The new year of the Vikram Samvat begins on this day. By tradition, this era is named after King Vikramaditya of Ujjain. He is remembered as a just king who honoured learned people and cared for his subjects.

Chaitra Navratri of Maa Durga also begins on this day, and its ninth day is Ram Navami.

In Maharashtra people raise a gudi outside the home, seen as a sign of victory and good fortune. In Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, people eat Ugadi pachadi made of neem flowers, jaggery, tamarind, raw mango, salt and chilli. Its six tastes are a reminder that the new year will bring sweet and bitter moments alike, and that we should accept them all with a calm mind.

Puja vidhi

  1. Wake up early, clean the house, bathe and wear clean or new clothes.
  2. Hang a toran of mango leaves on the door and draw a rangoli.
  3. Remember Bhagwan and Brahma ji and pray for your family's peace and happiness in the new year. In Maharashtra a gudi is raised outside the home and worshipped.
  4. Homes keeping Navratri do ghatasthapana (setting up the kalash) at the auspicious time and sow barley.
  5. Take tender neem leaves with mishri or jaggery, or Ugadi pachadi, as prasad.
  6. Listen to or read the new year's panchang, take the blessings of elders and send good wishes to loved ones.

Food

Neem leaves with mishri, Ugadi pachadi, puran poli and shrikhand.

Wishes to send

  • Happy Hindu New Year! We pray that the new Samvat brings happiness, peace and good health to your home.

  • Like fresh leaves in spring, may new energy and new resolve bloom in your life. Greetings on the new Samvat.

  • Happy Gudi Padwa, Ugadi and New Year! May you meet every sweet and bitter moment with a calm mind.

  • On this holy Chaitra Pratipada, may Maa Durga's blessing stay with your family. Happy New Year and Navratri.

  • A new year, a new morning, new hopes. Warm wishes for the Vikram Samvat new year to you and your family.

  • This new year, let us all resolve to think well, act well and speak well. May the new year be auspicious.

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