Chaitra, Shukla Pratipada
Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Ugadi in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and Navreh in Kashmir mark the Hindu New Year. On Gudi Padwa, homes raise a gudi, a decorated pole crowned with an upturned vessel, and Ugadi is welcomed with pachadi, a dish of six tastes.
Festival calendar
Other festivals in the calendar.
Chaitra Navratri / Vasant Navratri
Chaitra, Shukla Pratipada – Navami
Chaitra Navratri, also called Vasant Navratri, is nine days of worship of Goddess Durga in her different forms, beginning with Ghatasthapana on the Hindu New Year and concluding with Ram Navami.
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Ram Navami / Sri Rama Navami
Chaitra, Shukla Navami
Ram Navami marks the birth of Lord Rama at Ayodhya and closes Chaitra Navratri. It is observed with prayers at midday, readings of the Ramayana and processions.
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Mahavir Jayanti / Mahavir Janma Kalyanak
Chaitra, Shukla Trayodashi
Mahavir Jayanti, also called Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, marks the birth of Bhagwan Mahavir, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara of Jainism. It is observed with prayers at Jain temples, the ceremonial bathing of his idol, processions carrying his image in a chariot, and acts of charity.
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