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A traditional arrangement of festive foods for Puthandu. The Tamil New Year follows the spring equinox and generally falls on 14 April of the Gregorian year. [1] The day celebrates on the first day of the traditional Tamil calendar and is a public holiday in both Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka.
Puthandu is the traditional Tamil new year. The calendar and day migrated from Indian Tamils to Sri Lanka and southeast Asia in the 1st millennium CE. Date: 31 December 2014, 16:21: Source: Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Sri Lanka: Author: Amila Tennakoon
Agni Natchathiram was released on 15 April 1988, the week of Puthandu, the Tamil New Year festival. [29] It ran in theatres for over 200 days, becoming a silver jubilee film and Ratnam's most-profitable film to that point. [30] [31] The film was also dubbed in Telugu as Gharshana. [32]
The Tamil New Year follows the nirayanam vernal equinox [11] [page needed] and generally falls on 14 April of the Gregorian year. 14 April marks the first day of the traditional Tamil calendar and is a public holiday in the state of Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and Mauritius.
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It is known Vaisakhi across North India and Nepal and marks the beginning of the Hindu Solar New Year. [15] [16] The same day every year is also the new year for many Buddhist communities in parts of southeast Asia such as Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Cambodia, likely an influence of their shared culture in the 1st millennium CE. [16] Some examples ...
Pambu Panchangam (Tamil: பாம்பு பஞ்சாங்கம், Pāmpu Pañcāṅkam, IPA: [ˈpaːmbɨ ˌpɐn̻ʲt͡ʃaŋɡɐm]) is the name of a Tamil calendar published by Manonmani Vilasam Press in Chennai since 1883. [1]