Special dishes are prepared for the occasion. Ugadi Pacchadi (right) is a symbolic dish prepared by Hindu women on this festival In Karnataka, the festival is celebrated as Yugadi. For example, it is called Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, but sometimes observed a Gregorian day earlier because the lunar day starts and ends in Hindu calendar according to the position of the moon. The same day is observed as a New Year by Hindus in many other parts of India. Ugadi has been important and historic festival of the Hindus, with medieval texts and inscriptions recording major charitable donations to Hindu temples and community centers on this day. In the Telugu and Kannada Hindu traditions, it is a symbolic reminder that one must expect all flavors of experiences in the coming new year and make the most of them. The pachadi is a notable festive food that combines all flavors – sweet, sour, salty, bitter. The day is observed by drawing colorful patterns on floor called kolamulus (Telugu: Muggulu, Kannada: Rangoli), mango leaf decorations on doors called toranalu (Kannada: Torana), buying and giving gifts such as new clothes, giving charity to the poor, special bath followed by oil treatment, preparing and sharing a special food called pachadi, and visiting Hindu temples.

This typically falls in March or April of the Gregorian calendar. It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra. Ugadi ( Ugādi, Samvatsarādi, Yugadi) is the New Year's Day for the people of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India.

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