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VISHU

16th April, 2022

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Context: Keralites celebrated Vishu with traditional zeal.

Vishu:

  • Vishu is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala, Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka, Mahé district of Union Territory of Pondicherry,neighbouring areas of Tamil Nadu and their diaspora communities.
  • The festival marks the first day of Medam, the ninth month in the solar calendar followed in Kerala.
  • The Vishu arrangement typically includes an image of Krishna.

 

List of New Year Festivals in India

Calendar

Festival name

Region / Communities / Religion

Lunar

Ugadi

Andhra PradeshTelanganaKarnataka

Lunar

Gudhi Padwa

MaharashtraGoa

Lunar

Navreh

Kashmir

Lunar

Ashadhi Bij

Kutch

Lunar

Balipratipada

GujaratRajasthan

Lunar

Cheti Chand

Sindhi

Lunar

Chaitra Navaratri
(Hindu Lunar New Year)

North and Central India (Uttar Pradesh (AwadhBrajBagelkhand), 

Madhya Pradesh (Bundelkhand

MalwaMahakoshalGird), 

Bihar (BhojpurMagadh), ChhattisgarhJharkhand)

Solar

Mesha Sankranti/Vaisakhi
(Hindu Solar New Year)

North India (in PunjabHaryanaJammuUttar PradeshHimachal Pradesh,    Uttarkhand (Garhwal and Kumaon),  Nepalis (SikkimDarjeeling)

Solar

Puthandu

Tamil Nadu

Solar

Bisu Parba

Tulu Nadu

Lunar

Sajibu Cheiraoba

Manipur

Solar

Buisu

Tripura

Solar

Bwisagu

Bodoland

Solar

Bohag Bihu

Assam

Solar

Pana Sankranti

Odisha

Solar

Pahela Baishakh

West Bengal and the wider Bengal region

Solar

Jur Sital

Mithila

Lunar

Losoong/Namsoong

Sikkim (BhutiaLepcha)

Lunar

Galdan Namchot

Ladakh

Lunar

Losar

Arunachal Pradesh (Monpa)

Lunar

Gyalpo Lhosar

Sikkim (Sherpa)

Lunar

Tamu Lhosar

Sikkim (Gurung)

Lunar

Sonam Lhosar

Sikkim (Tamang)

Solar

Sangken

Arunachal Pradesh (KhamtiSingphoKhamyangTangsa), Assam 

(Tai PhakeTai AitonTurung)

Solar

Bizhu

Chakma

Solar

Pateti

Parsis

Solar

Nowruz

Zoroastrians

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vishu-festival-renders-covid-19-a-remote/article65323338.ece