Ugadi Cultural Program

Happy Ugadi 2019: The Telugu Samvatsara 2076 begins today and people in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka are ushering in their new year, celebrating it as Ugadi. The Telugu and Kannada societies traditionally celebrate the first day of the luni-solar calendar as their new year’s day. The festival is called Yugadi in Karnataka, and Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra.