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Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh is celebrated with grandeur, pomp, mirth and ecstasy. It is believed that the mood of the New Year set on this year will be carried forward throughout the year. The fair and festival in Andhra Pradesh exudes of the vitality and freshness of Spring.
According to legends, Lord Brahma began his creation on this day and even the Indian mathematician Bhaskaracharya had stated that the sunrise on Ugadi initiates the beginning of a new year.
Features:
On Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh, people take early bath and wear new clothes.
Torana or festoons of mango leaves, are tied on the doors and the nry of the house is washed with water of cow dung. Designs are also created on the courtyard.
Special dishes like Bhakshya or Purampoli, a sweet, Ugadi pachadi or chutney made of tamarind, jaggery, mangoes and margosa, are cooked
After worshipping the deity, Ugadi Pachadi is eaten to reflect that the mixe taste of bitterness of margosa flowers and sweetness of jaggery is actually the notion of life
Sports, cock-fights and cultural functions or organized for merriment.
In the evening people gather in temples or in common places.
The village priest recites the content of the new calendar and foretells the significant happenings of the coming year in the evening which are heard during a function called Panchanga Sravanam
Literary seminars, poetry recitations and musical performances are held in the evenings.
When to Visit
Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh is annually held in March or April
How to Reach
You can fly down to Tirupati
You can reach Tirupati railway station or Renigunta or Gudur, from whwre you can further proceed to Tirupati by train, bus, or taxi.
You can avail of public buses from any part of Andhra Pradesh to Tirupati
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