MUMBAI: As a string of harvest festivals began, Maharashtrains celebrated Gudi Padwa (New Year) with non secular fervour and enthusiasm on Thursday.
Many families across Maharashtra welcomed the New Year with ancient prayers round the gudi (banner). As a part of the tradition, most families ate a paste of neem leaves ready with jaggery and tamarind, believed to purify blood and strengthen the body's immune system. Individuals dressed in their finest ancient clothes.
Celebrated on the first day of the Hindu month of Chaitra, folks clean their homes and decorate the doorway with intricate rangoli designs, mango leaves and marigold flowers on Gudi Padwa. A gudi with a swastika-marked pot and silk cloth is raised at prominent places in front of every house to mark the day.
Rallies, parades and shobha yatras were taken out by political parties and social organisations in Mumbai.
"I have cooked a luxurious meal to bring in the New Year. Our entire family can spend the day along. We have a tendency to have also organized a special pooja for the day and hope that the New Year celebrations never finish," said Padma Sawant, a resident of Dadar in central Mumbai.
Clay pots and garlands dotted the flower markets as individuals use flowers for the morning puja and also for decorations.
Mahadeo, a flower vendor in Dadar's flower market said: "We tend to had ordered over three hundred kg of flowers within the last two days and most of them were sold out by morning."
However, customers complained of soaring costs of marigold, rose, crossandra (aboli), chrysanthemum (shevanti) and jasmine.
The day additionally marks the beginning of Chaitra Gauri and Ram Navaratri. Chaitra Gauri is a crucial event for ladies who invite each alternative for haldi kumkum.
Many families across Maharashtra welcomed the New Year with ancient prayers round the gudi (banner). As a part of the tradition, most families ate a paste of neem leaves ready with jaggery and tamarind, believed to purify blood and strengthen the body's immune system. Individuals dressed in their finest ancient clothes.
Celebrated on the first day of the Hindu month of Chaitra, folks clean their homes and decorate the doorway with intricate rangoli designs, mango leaves and marigold flowers on Gudi Padwa. A gudi with a swastika-marked pot and silk cloth is raised at prominent places in front of every house to mark the day.
Rallies, parades and shobha yatras were taken out by political parties and social organisations in Mumbai.
"I have cooked a luxurious meal to bring in the New Year. Our entire family can spend the day along. We have a tendency to have also organized a special pooja for the day and hope that the New Year celebrations never finish," said Padma Sawant, a resident of Dadar in central Mumbai.
Clay pots and garlands dotted the flower markets as individuals use flowers for the morning puja and also for decorations.
Mahadeo, a flower vendor in Dadar's flower market said: "We tend to had ordered over three hundred kg of flowers within the last two days and most of them were sold out by morning."
However, customers complained of soaring costs of marigold, rose, crossandra (aboli), chrysanthemum (shevanti) and jasmine.
The day additionally marks the beginning of Chaitra Gauri and Ram Navaratri. Chaitra Gauri is a crucial event for ladies who invite each alternative for haldi kumkum.
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