Gudi Padwa: When Hindus begin new year
NAGPUR: Happy New Year wishes on Gudi Padwa may sound strange to many of us, the truth is that this day marks beginning of Hindu calendar. In entire Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, parts of Konkan and among Sindhi community, it is celebrated as New Year. Falling on the first day of the month of Chaitra, it marks the beginning of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, also called panchang, which dictates the ...