Ugadi

The festival of Ugadi is being celebrated across Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. The festival marks the beginning of the new year in these states.

As Ugadi and Hostodku will be celebrated in the South States, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhrapradesh, the Hindu community speaking Kannada and Telugu will be looking forward to the Panchang or Panchangam (a calendar for the year ahead). Asianet Newsable gives you a gist of how your year is going to be.
 

Ugadi is observed on the first day of Chaitra, the Hindu lunisolar calendar month.

As Ugadi and Hostodku (the new year and grand beginning) will be celebrated in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on April 2nd and 3rd, a new controversy has erupted over meat products as Hindu groups have given a call to boycott 'Halal' meat and encourage Jhatka meat products. Here is the difference between the two concepts.
 

On Ugadi, RRR filmmakers treated its fans to a festive new still featuring Ram Charan and Jr NTR. The film will release on October 13.

Even though the sale of meat is exempted, the mutton shops have been instructed to follow stringent rules to ensure hygiene is maintained at all times amid coronavirus lockdown 
 

All of you may be quarantined at home due to novel coronavirus lockdown for 21 days. But here’s a video to keep you entertained. The video shows Kannada actress Roopa Iyer feeding a monkey as part of Ugadi celebratione.

At a time when the country faces a lockdown, minister S Suresh Kumar has urged peope not to panic and hoard items. He has appealed to people to look for daily wage labourers near their homes and help them during Ugadi. 

According to Hindu lunisolar calendar, Ugadi is known as the first day of the New Year. Here is why the festival is special for Hindus.
 

On the festive occasion of Ugadi, here are some facts that you should know about the festival

Ugadi shopping was rampant across Karnataka as vendors and consumers showed lackadaisical attitude though there has been lockdown in the entire state in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus 

Ahead of his KGF2 release, Sandalwood's Rocking Star Yash and wife Radhika went to a temple to get their elder daughter Ayra's head tonsured. Yash and Radhika are seen wearing a traditional dress and this picture is a gift to fans ahead of Ugadi.

For fans of Darshan and Kichcha Sudeep, it will not just be a Ugadi celebration in summer but a festival of a different sort as films of both the mass and class heroes will be released. Darshan starrer Robert and Sudeep's Kotigobba are set for a March release.
 

Condemning the December 31 New Celebrations with alcohol, petty fights, accidents and police cases, astrologers say this is against Indian culture and said, the New Year for Kannadigas is on March 24 and it is Ugadi which is peaceful and requires no police protection for celebration.

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