Gudi Padwa is the traditional spring festival celebrated in the Maharashtra and Konkan region of India. This festival is as well the start of the new year as well marking the reaping of new crops. Gudi Padwa is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month according to the Hindu lunisolar calendar.
The ‘Gudi’, which means ‘doll’ is created by Maharashtrians, with six ingredients that symbolize new beginnings. The copper urn (Kalash) denotes success, bitter Neem leaves for good health, sugar for sweetness, a saree for lasting prosperity, stick for skillfulness, Turmeric and Vermillion for good luck. This ‘Gudi’ is then hung outside every Maharashtrian houses.
The festival also marks a new beginning in terms of social customs such as wearing new clothes and taking a dip in rivers or ponds to wash away any ill luck from last year and welcome in fresh beginnings this year!
Gudi size: 30cm (approximately)
Gudi colour: Assorted
Gudi Padwa is the traditional spring festival celebrated in the Maharashtra and Konkan region of India. This festival is as well the start of the new year as well marking the reaping of new crops. Gudi Padwa is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month according to the Hindu lunisolar calendar.
Maharashtrians believe that this festival symbolizes new beginnings, prosperity and good luck. It is believed that if you place this ‘Gudi’ outside your house on this day, then you will be blessed with all these good things.
The ‘Gudi’, which means ‘doll’ is created by Maharashtrians, with six ingredients that symbolize new beginnings. The copper urn (Kalash) denotes success, bitter Neem leaves for good health, sugar for sweetness, a saree for lasting prosperity, stick for skillfulness, Turmeric and Vermillion for good luck. This ‘Gudi’ is then hung outside every Maharashtrian houses.
Gudi size: 30cm (approximately)
Gudi colour: Assorted
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