Key Takeaways
- Ugadi is celebrated with traditional fervour & joy across Telangana, marking the Telugu New Year Day.
- The festival involves special prayers, traditional decorations, and the preparation of special Ugadi delicacies.
- Notable guests attended the Ugadi celebrations at Swarna Bharathi Trust, including Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Telangana Governor CP Radhakrishnan.
Hyderabad: Ugadi, the Telugu New Year Day, was celebrated with traditional fervour and joy across Telangana on Tuesday.
Temples were crowded with people offering special prayers on Ugadi day, while several temples organized recitations of panchangam to mark the festival.”panchangam” (almanac) to mark the festival.
Hindu households were tastefully decorated with flowers, mango, and neem leaves, alongside the preparation of special Ugadi delicacies, including the sweet-bitter Ugadi Pachadi which symbolizes the happy-sad phases of life.
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu attended Ugadi celebrations organized at Swarna Bharathi Trust on the city outskirts. Telangana Governor CP Radhakrishnan and Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy among others also attended the programme.
Political parties including the Congress and the BJP hosted Ugadi celebrations at their respective party offices in the city.
Shops selling fruits, flowers, and decorative items were crowded with people until late last evening.
Telangana Governor C P Radhakrishnan conveyed warm greetings to the people of Telangana on the auspicious occasion of Ugadi, the Telugu New Year Day
