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  New Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the Bahá'í calendar, the new year occurs on the vernal equinox on 21 March, and is called Naw-Rúz.
The Punjabi new year Vaisakhi is celebrated on 13 April and celebrates the harvest.
The ancient Roman new year of 1 March was used in the Republic of Venice until its destruction in 1797, and in Russia from 988 until the end of the fifteenth century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Year   (1473 words)

  
 Ugadi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The festival marks the new year day for people who follow the southern Indian lunar calendar, pervasively adhered to in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
The New Year is ushered in with the worship of the "Gudi" and the distribution of a specific "Prasadam" comprising tender neem leaves, gram-pulse and jaggery.
The new year as per the Solar calendar followed by the people of Tamil Nadu and Kerala falls around the same time of the year, in March-April.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ugadi   (683 words)

  
 ipedia.com: New Year Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In Pasadena, California, the Tournament of Roses is held on New Year's Day with nearly a million revelers viewing the parade from the streets, with millions more around the world watching on television, followed by the Rose Bowl.
In England the new year did not legally change from the twenty-fifth of March to the first of January until 1752, although for a long time before this it was common practice to treat the January 1 as the start of the year.
The Chinese New Year is generally celebrated with fire-crackers, and in some places with a parade.
www.ipedia.com /new_year.html   (705 words)

  
 New Years - Father Time - Crystalinks
In New York City, the world famous 1,070-pound, 6-foot-diameter Waterford crystal ball on top of 1 Times Square in New York City is lowered starting at 11:59 PM and reaches the bottom of its tower at the stroke of midnight on January 1.
In the past 100 years the dropping of the 'ball', broadcast nationwide, is a major component of the celebration.
The ancient Roman new year of 1 March was used in the Republic of Venice until its destruction in 1797, and in Russia until the14th century.
www.crystalinks.com /newyears.html   (2940 words)

  
 Homer News Online - Holiday Village
Because consuls were chosen in January, and because years were named after the consuls who served in that year, January became the de facto beginning of the year.
The UK tax year still starts on 6 April which is the 25 March + 11 days for the conversion from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
* The ancient Roman new year of 1 March was used in the Republic of Venice until its destruction in 1797, and in Russia until the 14th century.
www.homernews.com /holidayvillage/newyear.shtml   (1018 words)

  
 Happy New Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Goru Bihu or the cattle festival is celebrated on the Hindu New Year's Day(April/ May).
This is the New Year's Day for the people of Maharashtra, a day of great festivity and rejoicing.
Telugu New Year's Day marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit.
www.namasthenri.com /fairsandfestivals/newyear.htm   (323 words)

  
 Telugu Diaspora, Overseas Telugus, People of Telugu Origin, NRIs, Telugu Identity, Migration of Andhras,
By the year 1921, 39,986 Andhras from India migrated to Malaya.
Most of the Telugus prayed to a particular deity for children and they made vows that if a child is born, he or she will be named after the deity.
In the same year, the government introduced the Remove class system whereby children of Malaya, Chinese and Indian schools after having completed their primary education in their respective schools were eligible to join the Remove classes in the nearest English schools.
www.telugudiaspora.com /telugu_countries_article2.htm   (9708 words)

  
 calendar
The traditional preference for March is that Spring, which marks the beginning of a new cycle of life, occurs in March in the northern hemisphere where most of the powerful people lived.
For example, if the tropical year were to be exactly 365.25 days, then 4 years would be exactly 1461 days and all the astronomical events will repeat themselves after every four years.
Leap years thenceforth were omitted in years ending in 00, unless that year happens to be a multiple of 400.
wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu /~vemuri/EngPopsci/calendar.htm   (1585 words)

  
 New Year's Day: Celebrate every month of the year!
Celebrate Sekhmet in January, Chinese New Year in January or February, Noruz in March, Baisakhi in April, Buddhist New Year in May, Runic New Year in June, Armenian New Year in July, Shenshai New Year in August, Rosh Hashanah in September, Samhain in October, Dipavali in November, and Papal States New Year in December.
The year 2004 is the year 1374 in the Zoroastrian calendar.
The sun moving from the house of Pisces to the house of Aries signals the dawn of the new year.
www.celebratetoday.com /newyears.html   (3099 words)

  
 Festivals of India - UGADI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Ugadi is the New Year's Day for the people of Andhra Pradesh and also for the Telugu people all over the world.
Thus there is a Telugu New Year's Day, a Tamil New Year's Day, and a New Year's distinct from these in the almanac of North India.
It ushers in the New Year, brings a rich bounce of flora and fills the hearts of people with joy and contentment.
www.aryabhatt.com /fast_fair_festival/Festivals/Ugadi.htm   (962 words)

  
 Telugu Portal - Telugu diaspora on the 'road to Mandalay' and beyond - Columns - Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Moved by a shared Telugu affinity, the scavenger agreed to be my messenger and ultimately proved a source of my release from jail.
The American Telugus are the most recent, having gone there since the late 1950's.
The umbrella organisations are the Telugu Association of North America (TANA), the American Telugu Association (ATA) and the most recent World Telugu Federation (WTF), launched in 1993.
www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/article.php?storyid=5660   (1076 words)

  
 Ugadi - Telugu New Year’s Day
This is new year’s day for the people of Andhra Pradesh and also the Telugu people all over the world.
Ugadi is the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit.
It is made of new jaggery, raw mango pieces and neem flowers and new tamarind which the tastes of life - a combination of sweet, sour and bitter tastes.
www.astrojyoti.com /Ugadi.htm   (710 words)

  
 The Hindu : New year chargs by Hindu almanac
The Tamizh New Year, Vikrama, commenced on the April 13.
At that time, the rising Lagna in New Delhi was Vrischika (Scorpio) with the following planetary positions: Kethu in the Third; Mercury in the Fourth; the Sun, the Moon, and Venus in the Fifth; Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter in the Sixth; and Rahu in the Ninth.
The horoscope for the birth of the Tamizh Vikrama New Year is cast for New Delhi, when the Sun moved into Aswini 1 at 17.22 hours on Thursday, April 13.
www.hinduonnet.com /2000/04/16/stories/1016009a.htm   (463 words)

  
 New Year's Day Information - Funny-Ecards.com - Free e-Cards For All Occasions!
New Year's Day defines the first day of the many historical calendar systems devised to track periods of time.
In any case, calendar years were named after Consul, the highest elected office of the Roman Republic, who served in the given year and were elected each January.
New Year's Day celebrations, for cultures that utilize the Gregorian calendar, usually begin on New Years Eve, December 31th, and continue on into the early hours of New Year's Day and beyond.
www.funny-ecards.com /info/newyears.html   (759 words)

  
 Ugadi -- New Year Day - Sify.com
The reading of the Panchanga then involves reading of other Tidhis (wealth and prosperity) during the year and ends with h a forecast for various sectors of the social life and the strengths and effects of various constellations and their transitions.
It is said that out of a hundred of Brahma's 'years', fifty have already passed, and out the balance we are now at the fifty first year, first month, waxing phase, first day, thirteen hours, forty ghadiyas, three veesas and just over forty four viliptakalas.
This also is a day when a new day and a new month of a new year, begin with the sunrise as per the calculations of the Great Indian Mathematician Bhaskaracharya.
food.sify.com /fullstory.php?id=13231934   (761 words)

  
 MSN India Feature - Ring in the New
The New Year is observed as Naba Barsha (literally New Year) in Bengal.
Baisakhi festival is celebrated twice a year in Himachal Pradesh in the honor of Goddess Jwalamukhi.
In the South, Tamil and Telugu New Year is marked by a ceremonial march where people take out wooden chariots in a procession.
server1.msn.co.in /features/indiannewyear/index.asp   (590 words)

  
 Seasons India :: New Year Days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
- The Goru Bihu or the cattle festival is celebrated on the Hindu New Year's Day(April/ May).
- This is the New Year's Day for the people of Maharashtra, a day of great festivity and rejoicing.
- Telugu New Year's Day marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit.
www.seasonsindia.com /art_culture/fes_new_sea.htm   (316 words)

  
 Telugu cinema news - idlebrain.com
Telugu film industry is going to officially felicitate Chiranjeevi for getting the Padma Bhushan Award at a high profile event organized on the night of 9th April.
This year’s awardee was chosen from 15 nominations of various directors from various languages in India.
Nayana Tara who proved to be the lucky mascot with three consecutive Telugu hits (Chandramukhi, Ghazani and Lakshmi) is doing the role of main heroine in Nagarjuna’s next film in the direction of VN Aditya.
www.idlebrain.com /news/2000march20/news270.html   (3767 words)

  
 Ugadi Gifts to India - Send Ugadi Telugu New Year gifts and sweets to India.Ugadi Festival Info
Spring is considered the first season of the year hence also heralding a new year and a new beginning.
For the young ones, therefore, Ugadi is characterised by new clothes, sumptuous food and revelling.
It is generally carried live on All India Radio's Hyderabad "A" station and the Doordarshan,(TV) Hyderabad following "panchanga sravanam" (New year calendar) narrating the way the new year would shape up in the lives of people and the State in general.
tajonline.tolshop.com /v1/indian/festival_info/ugadi.php   (1005 words)

  
 AstrologyForU.com - An Astrological Analysis of Telugu New Year - Sri Pardiva Nama Year
The Telugu New Year SRI PARDHIVNAMA YEAR begins on 9 th April 2005.
The planetary position at the time of beginning the New Year is lagna is Kuja and Ravi, Chandra, Retrograde Budha, Rahu with Sukra in Meena Rasi, Sani in Mithuna Rasi and Ketu along with Retrograde Guru in Kanya Rasi.
This year may bring discontent among people, strikes, riots, and fires, increase crime rate and ill health.
www.astrologyforu.com /others/events/sri-pardiva-nama-year-2005.php   (613 words)

  
 Ugadi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
When we take this as the basis, we come to the conclusion that the period which we now call kali yuga started in the year named Pramadi, in the month named Sravana and in the fortnight named bahula and on the day called Ashtami.
In order to bring out this aspect of the commencement of a new yuga on February 20th, 3102 B.C., our ancestors have been calling that day as Ugadi or the day of a new era.
As this was the commencing day of a new yuga, it was called the Ugadi.
members.rediff.com /saivani/Ugadi.htm   (394 words)

  
 Happy Ugadi - Ugadi Gifts, Telugu New Year, Gifts to India, Special Dhotis, Traditional Sarees,Gifts and Divinity Items ...
This day marks the onset of spring and it is considered as the first season of the year that heralds a new beginning.
It is made of new jaggery, raw mango pieces, neem flowers and fresh tamarind which symbolically reflects life - juice with a combined taste of sweet, sour and bitter...
Houses are revived and there are latest additions to the household in the New Year.
www.countryoven.com /ugadi.asp   (311 words)

  
 TeluguOne - Cine Prapancham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The other interesting thing about this film is the featuring of the young talent Raja who came to the forefront on Telugu cine screen with his film ‘Anand’ has also been cast in the film.
Now these successful figures are to star in the film being made by the man who used all his corporate business talents to promote a film that was entirely based on comedians ‘Evadigola Vaadide’.
The success graph of this film is such that it has celebrated a 100 days in more than 18 centers all thanks to this man’s super brains.
www.teluguone.com /cinima/cinenews/index.jsp?filename=mar28en.htm   (703 words)

  
 Oklahoma Telugu Association - About Us
Oklahoma Telugu Association/Sangham (OTA/OTS) is an organization that was formed in 1990 to bring the families and people of Telugu origin living in Oklahoma together.
OTA/OTS was formed to serve the various needs of telugu people and provide a platform for their diverse activities such as cultural, educational, literary, social, and charitable events among its members and the local communities.
Traditionally, each year OTA/OTS celebrated/conducted a few main selected events only such as Ugadi(Telugu New Year's Day) and Sankranthi, thus even though being a relatively small group, maintained a superior quality throughout.
www.oktelugu.org /page2.html   (263 words)

  
 VizagCityOnline.com - Ugadi
The Hindu new year is celebrated in most parts of the country on the Prathama (first day) following the Amavasya (New Moon) of the last month of the Phalguna which is called Kotha (new) Amavasya by the Telugus.
The first is putting on new clothes which we do for most festivals, more so for new year.
The second is the partaking of the Ugadi pachadi - a mixture containing all the six tastes (shadruchi), the most important being lemon (nimba), tamarind, vepapoovulu (margosa flowers), unripe mangoes, spices, jaggery and salt.
www.vizagcityonline.com /ugadi   (448 words)

  
 Hindu Fasts & Festivals
THE TWELVE months of the Hindu year, based on the lunar calendar, are named after that star during whose ascendency the full moon of that month occurs.
New students commence their lessons in music, etc. During the morning Satsang the books which were worshipped on the ninth day are again worshipped and a chapter from each of the principal scriptures like the Gita, Upanishads, Brahma Sutras, Ramayana, and Srimad Bhagavatam is recited.
It is therefore not without reason that India, year after year, age after age, commemorates anew this ancient concept of the Guru, adores it and pays homage to it again and again, and thereby re-affirms its belief and allegiance to it.
www.sivanandadlshq.org /download/hindufest.htm   (20438 words)

  
 vEpa - Neem or Nim Tree - Nimbavrukshamu
Vepa is a part of Telugu culture and Andhra Tradition.
Telugu New Year (Samvatsaradi) is also called "vEpapoopamDaga" (According to Brown).
Telugu poets used Vepa in their poetry to describe good and evil, whenever appropriate.
www.teluguworld.org /Writers/PALANA/vepa.html   (1125 words)

  
 V I R T U A L B A N G A L O R E . C O M - Bangalore: Events & Festivals
The Ugadi Parva ushers in the New Year for the people in Andhra.
On the first day of the Chaitra month this festival is observed with gaiety and enthusiasm and people visit one another, enjoy feasts and wear new clothes.
It is made of new jaggery, raw mango pieces and neem flowers and new tamarind which truly reflect life - a combination of sweet, sour and bitter tastes!
www.virtualbangalore.com /EveFst/ugadi.php   (914 words)

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