Gudhi Padwa: The Gudhi – is a victory symbol-characterised by a bamboo stick with a bright coloured(red, green or orange with a gold border) silk cloth and garlanded with flowers and sweets atop. Sweets are usually flat cakes of white sugar beaded together with a string.
Maharashtrians (Those who speak the language Marathi, in the Indian state of
Maharashtra) erect gudhis out of their windows on Padwa, the first day of the Hindu new year. People welcome the new year by worshipping the gudhi and distribute prasad comprising tender neem leaves, gram-pulse and jaggery....mummmmm...Yummy!! Gudhi Padwa signifies the beginning of a prosperous new year and is considered as a shubh muhurat - one of the most auspicious days - by Hindus.
Sunday, March 21, 2004
