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Ugadi and Gudi Padwa
A bright silk gudi raised on a pole outside Marathi homes, and fresh green mango leaves over every door in the Deccan.
The colours of Ugadi and Gudi Padwa
The new year of the Deccan is Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra and Ugadi in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Marathi families raise a gudi at the window or door: a long bamboo pole draped with a bright silk cloth, usually yellow, green or saffron with a gold border, crowned with an upturned copper or silver pot and hung with neem leaves, mango leaves and a garland of red flowers and sugar sweets. It is read as a flag of victory. In the Telugu and Kannada states, doors are hung with strings of fresh green mango leaves and floors are drawn with rangoli. Women wear silk saris, in Maharashtra the nine-yard nauvari, often in green or purple. Processions with drums fill the streets.
#F4B41AGudi yellowSilk cloth of the gudi.#2F7D32Mango leaf greenLeaf strings over the door.#B87333Kalash copperThe upturned pot on top of the gudi.#D4A017Zari goldThe gold border of the silk.Values are fair approximations, not official shades.
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Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Gudi Padwa" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.