Ugadi is the Telugu New Year day.
It is specially associated with Pacchadi (chutney) in telugu. The chutney is
prepared with tender flowers of neem, jaggery or sugar & new tamarind. The
whole family has to eat the chutney. The chutney is offered to the deity first
and then eaten by the members of the family.
The whole family wears new clothes. Around 3.00 p.m. a brahmin sits on the pail
outside the front yard door & recites the panchangam. All the nearby residents
gather to listen to him about the new year, rain fall, agriculture, prices,
education, eclipses, and auspicious days for marriages, health and astrological
forecasts for the individuals and the community based upon the planetary position.
In the evening many competitions are held like bullock-cart races, physical
duels, lifting of heavy weights, running races, card games and so on.
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