HinduNewyear.com offers information about the Hindu New Year holiday in India
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Some sources point out that the 26th of March this year stands for the Hindu New Year there are diverse opinions about the New Year in a country like India, where the Hindu culture itself is rich and variegated. The Hindus in the different parts of the country celebrate their New Year at least four different times in a year. The Malayalees of the Indian subcontinent celebrate Vishu, their spring festival on the 14th of April as do the people from the state of Tamil Nadu where, the new year begins the same day.
New Year is celebrated by Hindus, in other parts of India, in the form of various springtime festivals like the festival of Baisakhi, which among other things, also marks the beginning of a New Year in Punjab. In Maharashtra, the festival of Gudi Padva which usually falls on the month of March or April. This year the Gudi Padva falls on the 30th of March. The natives of Andhra Pradesh celebrate the festival of Ugadi on the same day. The Kashmiri Hindus celebrate their New Year during the festival of Navreh in the spring season, which starts on the 10th of April this year. The Bengalis of West Bengal celebrate Naba Barsha on the on the 14th of April this year, those from Bangladesh call it the Poila
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