Tamil New Year 2022: According to the Hindu Lunisolar calendar, Puthandu marks the first day of the Tamil New year and is also known as Varsha Pirappu. This year, the Tamil New Year is celebrated on Thursday, April 14. On the auspicious occasion of Tamil New Year, people wake up early in the morning, bathe, wear new clothes, visit temples to seek gods and goddesses’ blessing, decorate their homes and draw ‘kolams’ or rangolis using rice flour. The Tamil New Year is marked as a public holiday in Tamil Nadu and is a day when people enjoy a variety of traditional delicacies while sitting with their family members – from the youngsters to elders.
If your loved ones and you are away from each other, here are a few messages that you can send across to them to wish them a happy Tamil New Year. These messages and images of Gods and Goddesses can be shared on WhatsApp and Facebook as messages, wishes and statuses as well.