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Some sources point
out that the 23rd of March this year stands for the Hindu New Year.
There are diverse opinions about the New Year in a country like
India, where the Hindu culture itself is rich and variegated. The
Hindus in the different parts of the country celebrate their New
Year at least four different times in a year. The Malayalees of
the Indian subcontinent celebrate Vishu, their spring festival on
the 23rd of March as do the people from the state of Tamil Nadu
where, the new year begins the same day.
New Year is celebrated
by Hindus, in other parts of India, in the form of various springtime festivals
like the festival of Baisakhi, which among other things, also marks the beginning
of a New Year in Punjab. In Maharashtra, the festival of Gudi Padva which usually
falls on the month of March or April. This year the Gudi Padva falls on the
23rd of March. The natives of Andhra Pradesh celebrate the festival of Ugadi
on the same day. The Kashmiri Hindus celebrate their New Year during the festival
of Navreh in the spring season, which starts on the 23rd of March this year.
The Bengalis of West Bengal celebrate Naba Barsha on the on the 23rd of March
this year, those from Bangladesh call it the Poila.
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