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😃Puthandu or better known as Tamil New Year, is the celebration of the first day of the tamil new year in mid April by Tamils in Tamil Nadu and puducherry in India, in Sri Lanka and the Tamil population in Malaysia, Singapore, Reunion and Mauritius😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃
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Puthandu makes the Tamil New Years day and is celebrated in the beginning of Chithirai-the first month in the Tamil calendar year. The auspicious occasion of Puthandu is also popularly known as Varshu Pirappu or the birth of New Year and Faals on 13th or 14th April according to the Gregorian Calendar.
Many people in Tamil Nadu also celebrate Puthandu as the day, when Lord Brahma Hindu God of creation started. People of Tamil Nadu
Celebrate Varshu pirappy in a big way by merrymaking and feasting.
People of Tamil Nadu celebrate Puthandu Pirappu by following specific tradition and rituals.
Early in the morning , womenfolk adorn the entrance of their house with colourful kolam pallerrs. Centre of the kolam is decorated with a lamp called Kuthuvillaku in a belief that it would dispel darkness.
It is also customary for people in Tamil Nadu to pay visit to temple and invoke divine blessings for the coming year.
A popular custom of Puthandu is Kanni which means the auspicious sight.
Following the ritual people start the Puthandu day by watching auspicious things like Gold & silver jewellery.
To make the occasion of Tamil New year people wear new clothes and relish best of festive food including Maanga Pachadi., a sweet sour and bitter dish made of raw mangoes.
So 4 all my tamilian forum friends-
""CHITTIRAI THIRUNAALAI VIMARSAIYAGA
KONDADUM TAMIL MAKKAL
AANAIVARUKKUM ENN IDHYAM KANIDA
TAMIL PUTHANDU
MALVAZNTHUKKALAI MAKIR SHIYADOU THERIVITHU KOLKIREN""
SO MERE JITNE BHI TAMILIAN FRIENDS HAIN UN SABKO
HAPPY PUTHANDU
Shiv Shakti
Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon
