Gudi Padwa being celebrated across Maharashtra with great zeal

The auspicious festival of Gudi Padwa, the beginning of the new year according to the Hindu calendar, is being celebrated across Maharashtra with great zeal and pomp, with the Gudis being raised in several houses in the state. Gudi Padwa is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished on twitter by tweeting: “Gudi Padwa wishes to all friends in Maharashtra. Praying for a phenomenal year, full of happiness and success.”

In agrarian context, this is called as the end of the Rabi season. Indian society being an agrarian society, celebrations and festivals are often linked to the turn of the season and to the sowing and reaping of crops. This day marks the end of one agricultural harvest and the beginning of a new one.

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