VISHU
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Context: Keralites celebrated Vishu with traditional zeal.
Vishu:
- Vishu is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala, Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka, Mahé district of Union Territory of Pondicherry,neighbouring areas of Tamil Nadu and their diaspora communities.
- The festival marks the first day of Medam, the ninth month in the solar calendar followed in Kerala.
- The Vishu arrangement typically includes an image of Krishna.
List of New Year Festivals in India
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Ashadhi Bij |
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Lunar |
Chaitra Navaratri |
North and Central India (Uttar Pradesh (Awadh, Braj, Bagelkhand), Malwa, Mahakoshal, Gird), Bihar (Bhojpur, Magadh), Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand) |
Solar |
Mesha Sankranti/Vaisakhi |
North India (in Punjab, Haryana, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkhand (Garhwal and Kumaon), Nepalis (Sikkim, Darjeeling) |
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Solar |
West Bengal and the wider Bengal region |
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Arunachal Pradesh (Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa), Assam |
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