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Traditional New Year Festivals
Consider the following statements:
- Gudhi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional New Year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus.
- Cheti Chand is a festival that marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year for Sindhi Hindus.
- Navreh is a Hindu Festival, which is celebrated by the Kashmiri Pandits as the New Year's Day.
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1 and 2
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B |
2 and 3
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Only 1
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1, 2 and 3
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Your Ans is
Right ans is D
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Explanation :
- Gudhi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional New Year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus celebrated in and near Maharashtra and Goa on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar.
- The word Padwa comes from the Sanskrit word pratipada, which refers to the first day of a lunar fortnight.
- The festival is observed with colorful floor decorations called rangoli, a special Gudhi flag (garlanded with flowers, mango and neem leaves, topped with upturned silver or copper vessel), street processions, dancing and festive foods,
- Cheti Chand is a festival that marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year for Sindhi Hindus.
- The date of the festival is based on the lunar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, falling on the first day of the year, in the Sindhi month of Chet (Chaitra).
- It typically falls in late March or early April in the Gregorian calendar on or about the same day as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra and Ugadi in other parts of the Deccan region of India.
- Navreh is a Hindu Festival, which is celebrated by the Kashmiri Pandits as the New Year's Day.
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