In Pics: Gudi Padwa celebrations in full swing as Maharashtra welcomes traditional new year
By: FPJ Web Desk | March 22, 2023
The day is observed by people cleaning their houses, decorating them with colourful rangolis and hoisting the gudi- a bamboo stick decorated with a colourful cloth tied to a 'kalash' at the top and a garland of flowers attached to it along with mango leaves and neem leaves.
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The word 'Gudi' or 'Gudhi' means a flag and 'Padwa' is Pratipada is the first day of the new moon phase.
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Women dressed in traditional sarees rode bikes.
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In Mumbai city and elsewhere, colourful processions are being taken out joined by men, women, and children in traditional attire.
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Music performances, playing of traditional dhols and lezim dances are the major attractions of these processions or shobhayatras.
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Gudi Padwa celebrations at St. Teresa’s Church Girgaon.
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Horses took part in the processions taken out at Girgaum, Dadar, Vile Parle and other areas in the megapolis
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The occasion signals the onset of the warmer days and the spring season.