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Gudi Padwa — गुढीपाडवा

guḍhīpāḍavā

March or April · first day of Chaitra, the Marathi New Year

Gudi Padwa marks the Marathi New Year. Households hoist a gudi — a bright cloth-topped bamboo staff crowned with an inverted vessel, neem leaves and marigold — outside a window or on the terrace, and share a small bite of bitter neem with sweet jaggery for the year ahead.

Greetings in Marathi

  • गुढीपाडव्याच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा

    guḍhīpāḍavyācyā hārdik śubhecchā

    "Happy Gudi Padwa!"

    universal

  • नवीन वर्षाच्या शुभेच्छा

    navīn varṣācyā śubhecchā

    "Happy New Year"

    formal

Customs & traditions

  • ✦Hoisting the gudi — a decorated staff with an inverted vessel — outside the home
  • ✦Eating neem leaves with jaggery for the year's blend of bitter and sweet
  • ✦Drawing rangoli at the doorway
  • ✦Wearing new clothes

Traditional foods

  • श्रीखंड पुरी

    śrīkhaṇḍ purī

    Sweetened strained yogurt with fried bread

  • पुरणपोळी

    puraṇpoḷī

    Sweet lentil-stuffed flatbread

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