The Outsider Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Since no one replied to my question on another thread about counting the number of New Years we have in India, I am making another attempt. I know of two for sure: 1. Diwali 2. Baisakhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhondy Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Re: New Years in India There's one for South Indians called Kovalam or Uthappam or something like that. I remember now...Pongal. Yappy Poongaal, jeee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holysmoke Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Re: New Years in India Umm.. jan 1st :hic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dada_rocks Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Re: New Years in India Holi is also a new year eve, it's celebrated on last month Chitra-Vaishakh.Shravan-Bhadrapad-AAshwin-Karthik........... Falgun (the last month). Holi is celberated onthe eve of full moon -i.e last day of falgun month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 Re: New Years in India Pardon my ignorance, but isn't Holi a celebration of the new season rather than a new year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dada_rocks Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Re: New Years in India it's both.. hindu months go from chitra to falgun and as i mentioned holi comes on the last day of last month .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Re: New Years in India There's one for South Indians called Kovalam or Uthappam or something like that. I remember now...Pongal. Yappy Poongaal, jeee. Tamil New Year's day is April 14th (today in the US), Pongal is around Jan 14/15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC1981 Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Re: New Years in India DR, correct me if i am wrong but baisakh-jaistha-ashar-srhabon-bhadro-Aasheen-Karthik-Aghrayan-Poush-magh-falgun-chaitra is the bengali calendar- not the hindu calendar as far as i know. Either that or bangla calendar is the most retentive of ancient hindu calendar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 Re: New Years in India Yoda, is Pongal a new year celebration as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator_05 Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Re: New Years in India Onam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Re: New Years in India Yoda' date=' is Pongal a new year celebration as well?[/quote'] Pongal is mainly a harvest celebration festival, not related to the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Re: New Years in India http://www.hcilondon.net/india-overview/festivals/newyeardays.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabira Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Re: New Years in India chetichand.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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