Ugadi Video presentation

Ugadi

Today we are going to see a video presentation on how Ugadi is celebrated in our villages

How does the Ugadi name derived

The name Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and ādi (beginning): "the beginning of a new age".] Yugadi or Ugadi falls on "Chaitra Shudhdha Paadyami" or the first day of the bright half of the Indian month of Chaitra

About Ugadi

Ugadi is the New Year's Day for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka in India. It is festivel observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu Lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra his typically falls in April month of the Gregorian calendar.

how is ugadi festival celebrated in villages

The day is observed by drawing colourful patterns on the floor called Muggulu. Mango leaf decorations on doors called torana , buying and giving gifts such as new clothes, giving charity to the poor, special bath followed by oil treatment, preparing and sharing a special food called pachadi, and visiting Hindu temples

The pachadi is a notable festive food that combines all flavors – sweet, sour, salty, bitter, astringent and piquant (spicy hot). In Telugu and Kannada Hindu traditions, it is a symbolic reminder that one must expect all flavors of experiences in the coming new year and make the most of them. Ugadi has been an important and historic festival of the Hindus. with medieval texts and inscriptions recording major charitable donations to Hindu temples and community centers on this day.

The same day is observed as a New Year by Hindus in many other parts of India. For example, it is called Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, but sometimes observed a Gregorian day earlier because the lunar day starts and ends in Hindu calendar according to the position of the moon. In Karnataka, the festival is celebrated as Yugadi.

How they start the celebrations

Preparations for the festival begin a week ahead. Houses are given a thorough clean.People buy new clothes and Dhoti and buy new items for the festival,decorate the entrance of their houses with fresh mango leaves.Mango leaves and coconuts are considered auspicious in the Hindu tradition, and they are used on Ugadi.People also clean the front of their house with water and cow dung paste, then draw colorful floral designs.People offer prayer in temples. The celebration of Ugadi is marked by religious zeal and social merriment. According to Vasudha Narayanan, a professor of Religion at the University of Florida

Special dishes are prepared for the occasion.In Karnataka etables olige, vobattu and mango pickles are made .In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana eatables such as "pulihora, bobbatlu , New Year Burelu and Pachadi" and preparations made with raw mango go well with the occasion. Of this pachadi (or Ugadi pacchadi) is most notable, and consists of a chutney-like dish which includes ingredients to give all flavors: sweet, sour, tangy and bitter.

DONE BY

AARUSH KOLLI

VIII C R.NO 18