Guest guest Posted April 14, 2002 Report Share Posted April 14, 2002 Happy Vishu & Tamil New year Day !!! Dear Friends, Wish you all a Very Happy and Prosperous Vishu and Chitrabhanu Year. Sankar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 Happy Tamil New Year, Sankarji. I was wondering if you could please explain to those of us that are not as familiar with Tamil culture what special things happen on Tamil New Year Day. Do you celebrate with a special puja, festivals, food, etc? With love, Erica , sankarrukku <no_reply> wrote: > Happy Vishu & Tamil New year Day !!! > > Dear Friends, > > Wish you all a Very Happy and Prosperous Vishu and Chitrabhanu Year. > > Sankar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2002 Report Share Posted April 18, 2002 Dear Erica, Tamil New Year is celebrated on the first day of the month 'Chithirai', when the sun enters 'Mesha Rasi'. This corresponds to April 13th or 14th or rarely 15th in the English Calendar. On this day, people rise before sunrise, wash their hair. The married women folk, also take a shower with a special kind of turmeric called 'Kasturi Manjal', and decorate their hair with jasmine flowers. Early in the morning, the whole family go to the temple and do archana, or 'abhisheka', in the name of their family, and pray that the coming year should be prosperous and bring good luck. The youngsters fall at the feet of their elders, and seek their blessings. They also have special pujas or prayers in their houses. They make vadas, payasam (kheer), and a special sweet dish called 'poli'. They offer all this as Neivedhya (offering) unto the Lord, pray, and later have prasad. They visit the houses of their near and dear ones, and exchange sweets and sometimes gifts. They wish each other that the coming year brings good luck to them. I pray that in the coming year, we all rise higher in sadhna and move closer to out goal. Hari Aum !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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