Gudi Padwa auspicious festival of rangoli, flowers,and greetings
Gudi Padwa auspicious festival of rangoli, flowers,and greetings
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With beautiful rangolis on the floor, delicious Puran Poli to eat and new clothes to wear, Maharashtra is all set to celebrate the grand festival 'Gudi Padwa'. Not only Maharashtra but other states in India like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh also celebrate the day with much fanfare. 

Gudi Padwa or 'Chaitra Shukla Pratipada' implies the end of one season and the beginning of another, as farmers prepare to harvest the rabi crop and prepare for the new sowing season. 

According to the Legends of Gudi Padwa, Lord Brahma created the universe which marked the beginning of 'Satyuga'. Traditionally on this day, devotees worship Lord Bhrahma, and then hoist a Gudi or a doll to invoke Lord Vishnu or the savior to seek his blessings. 

Putting up the Gudi is a part of foremost the festival. On this day People buy green or yellow silk cloth, tie it on a bamboo stick, decorate it with red and yellow flowers, an inverted copper or silver pot and place it at the entrance or outside the window.

Gudi Padwa also marks a significant movement of the sun - it's the March or the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere when the sun crosses the equator and we see roughly equal days and nights. 

This year Gudi Padwa coincides with the beginning of the nine-day celebrations of Chaitra Navratri when devotees worship Goddess Durga in her nine avatars.

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