Chaitra Shukla Pratipada is the day on which the Universe was created; hence, this is the real commencement of the New Year.
Welcoming the New Year on 1st January according to the western culture (with song and dance, eating-drinking, indulging in materialistic pleasures on 31st December night), which does not have any spiritual basis, amounts to ‘conversion’ of Hindus for a day !
Celebrate New Year on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada
Ritualistic worship of the Brahmadhwaj (Gudi) on Gudipadwa
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Gudipadwa
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Gudipadwa – Hoisting of the Gudi
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