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Ugadi — ఉగాది

ugādi

March or April · the first day of the Telugu lunar calendar

Ugadi marks the Telugu New Year. Homes are decorated with mango leaves at the doorway, and families gather to eat ugadi pachadi — a six-tasted preparation symbolising every flavour of the year ahead.

Greetings in Telugu

  • ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు

    ugādi śubhākāṅkṣalu

    "Happy Ugadi!"

    universal

  • నూతన సంవత్సర శుభాకాంక్షలు

    nūtana saṁvatsara śubhākāṅkṣalu

    "Happy New Year"

    formal

Customs & traditions

  • ✦Hanging fresh mango leaves at the doorway (torana)
  • ✦Preparing ugadi pachadi with six tastes — sweet, sour, salt, bitter, spicy, astringent
  • ✦Listening to the panchanga sravanam (almanac for the year)
  • ✦New clothes and oil baths at sunrise

Traditional foods

  • ఉగాది పచ్చడి

    ugādi pachchaḍi

    Six-flavour chutney with jaggery, neem, tamarind, mango

  • బొబ్బట్లు

    bobbaṭlu

    Sweet stuffed flatbread

  • పులిహోర

    pulihōra

    Tamarind rice

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