The day also marks the beginning of spring season with new plants and leaves rejuvenating marking the beginning of new and fresh life. The festival is celebrated to acknowledge the day on which Brahma created the earth. Buying and giving gifts, wearing new clothes, massaging with special sesame oil and taking a bath before visiting the temple, are rituals followed on this day. Prayers are offered and houses are cleaned with beautiful rangolis at the doorstep and also decorations with flowers and mango leaves called as toran. They treat themselves with yummy dishes especially prepared on this day. On this day people wear new clothes and greet people with good wishes and blessings. Thus, it is celebrated as the beginning of the new year. Ugadi is a combination of two words yug- ‘age’ and Adi- ‘new beginning’. Ugadi also referred to as ‘Yugadi’ is a major festival celebrated in the southern state of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Ugadi has been an important and historic festival of south Indian Hindus with medieval text and inscriptions. It falls in the month of April every year. Ugadi, also known as Samvatasardi, is celebrated as the New Year’s Day in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.
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