o Ugadi (means start of a new year) for Telugu/Kannada speakers o Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra o Vishu (means equal referring to the equinox) for Malayalis o Baisakhi in North India and o Puthandu in Tamilnadu All these festivals mark the Hindu Solar New Year and the start of a new cycle with different customs and dishes. In essence, they are different cultural expressions of the same astronomical event of the Sun’s transition from the Southern hemisphere to the Northern hemisp