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Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar. The Hindus of Bali in Indonesia also celebrate their new year on the same day as Nyepi. Manipuris also celebrate their New Year as Sajibu Nongma Panba on the same day. The Sindhis, people from Sindh, celebrate the same day as Cheti Chand, which is the beginning of their calendar year. The Hindus of Maharashtra term the same festival, observed on the same day, Gudi Padwa ( Marathi: गुढी पाडवा). The Hindu Tamils in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Singapore and the Tamil diaspora celebrate Puthandu, or Tamil New Year, on 14 April. It is a symbolic reminder of complex phases of life one should reasonably expect in the new year. This festive Hindu food is made from tamarind paste (sour), neem flowers (bitter), brown sugar or sweet jaggery (sweet), table salt (salt), green chilli (pungent) and raw mango (astringent). Of these, pachadi (or Ugadi pacchadi) is the most notable, and consists of a chutney-like dish which combines ingredients to give all six flavors of food ( షడ్రుచులు - ṣaḍruculu) : sweet ( తీపి - tīpi), sour ( పులుపు - pulupu), salty ( ఉప్పు - uppu), pungent ( కారం - kāraṁ), bitter ( చేదు - cēdu) and astringent ( వగరు - vagaru). In Andhra Pradesh eatables such as "pulihora, bobbatlu (Bhakshalu/ polelu/ oligale), New Year Burelu and Pachadi" and preparations made with raw mango go well with the occasion. Special dishes are prepared for the occasion.In Karnataka etables olige, vobattu and mango pickles are made. One is also reminded that the experience of taste is transitory and ephemeral so too, is life, and one has to learn to put pain and pleasure in proper temporal perspective. Even in the midst of bitter experiences, there are sweet moments. Just as the different substances are bound together, one is reminded that no event or episode is wholly good or bad. The pacchadi festive dish symbolically reminds the people that the following year – as all of life – will consist of not just sweet experiences, but a combination of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter episodes. Īccording to Vasudha Narayanan, a professor of Religion at the University of Florida: The celebration of Ugadi is marked by religious zeal and social merriment. People also clean the front of their house with water and cow dung paste, then draw colorful floral designs. Mango leaves and coconuts are considered auspicious in the Hindu tradition, and they are used on Ugadi. People buy new clothes and Dhoti and buy new items for the festival, decorate the entrance of their houses with fresh mango leaves. Preparations for the festival begin a week ahead. Ugadi Pacchadi (right) is a symbolic dish prepared by Hindu people on this festival The same day is observed as a New Year by Hindus in many other parts of India, such as Puthandu in Tamil Nadu and Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra. 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. 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. The pachadi is a notable festive food that combines all flavors – sweet, sour, salty, bitter, astringent and piquant. 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, oil massage followed by special bath, preparing and sharing a special food called pachadi, and visiting Hindu temples. This typically falls in April month of the Gregorian calendar. It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra. 
'Beginning of the Year'), is the New Year's Day for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka in India. Ugadi or Yugadi, also known as Samvatsarādi ( lit.
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