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The morning is bright and as the sun spreads its light, one ray strikes upon the brass pot that hangs upside down on a pole outside a Maharashtrian home. Today is Gudi Padwa, the first day of Chaitra being celebrated as New Year’s day by Maharashtrians. It marks the beginning of the spring season and it is ushered in with joyous excitement. In the Maharashtrian tradition, Gudi Padwa is one of the four most auspicious days of the year to celebrate weddings, house-warmings and inaugurations of business ventures and for buying gold, silver or property.

This is a time of the year when the sun’s rays seem to increase in intensity, from the wintry mellow rays to the searing heat of summer. At this time the crops are harvested and the produce is packed off to the marketplace. There is a whiff of ripening mangoes and the aroma of ripe jackfruit lies heavy on the air. Everything looks as if awashed with a newness and even shrubs and trees show their joy by bursting into bloom. There is a riot of flavours and colours to welcome spring

According to Brahma Purana, this is the day on which Lord Brahma created the world after the Deluge and Time began to tick from this day forth: Satyuga (The Age of Truth and Justice) began. Another interesting legend associated with Gudi Padwa and its celebration says that on this day, King Vali was killed by Lord Rama and Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya victorious. Lord Vishnu is also said to have incarnated himself as Matsya (the fish incarnation) on this day.