Yugadi

Hello everyone,

We are back sharing a card for Yugadi. 

It's the first day of new year as per hindu lunar calendar.Yugadi - yuga + aadi: first day of this creation cycle.

Starting of spring season in India. 

Many Indians celebrate Ugadi/ Gudi Padwa/ Tamil New Year as per their region. Yellow flowers and mango leaves are generally used to decorate the door. Some people even draw rangoli at the doorstep and decorate it with flowers or color powders. Hence, we have used yellow flowers and green leaves to signify the same.

Celebrating the change in the nature,  new season.This is mango season in India, cuckoos  season as we hear a lot of cuckoo bird voice in this season. New fresh leaves and flowers bloom in trees.

Rituals include:

Get up early,

Take oil bath,

God pooja, cow pooja, 

Eat bevu-bella, festival food with raw mango dishes, 

Food should consist of all 6 tastes.

Panchanga shravan (hearing coming year predictions)

Few people remember their ancestors and do pitru pooja also on this day.

Yugala - dual: welcome the new year with accepting both good and bad with a positive thought. Psychologically very important  aspect to welcome a new year, makes up mind to face both good and bad in coming year.

Neem and jaggery eating together represents the same. (Both are Ayurveda medicinal , good for health to keep body cool)

Eating all 6 tastes in food (in a proportional way) is to balance 3 doshas (vata, pitta, kapha) in the body as per ayurveda. This how Indian food culture helped in keeping the health of people.

Panchanga: it is not just a "calendar", where just the year, month, days and holidays are specified.  Panchanga will not only have lunar based, solar based months, days, festivals,  mentioned, it mentions even smaller time units in a day called as muhurta, yoga, karana etc., which are used in many indian rituals. Panchanga gives details of upcoming eclipse details accurately!!

Also, star position based rain prediction - which was helpful for farmers to plan their  field activities. 

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Wordart wednesday

2. Jans digi april-challenge

3. Pammies inky pinkies challenge

4. Time out Challenge

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy crafting.

Chandhini and Subhashini