Scattered Thoughts

Friday, March 31, 2006

UGADI

Its a loooong weekend people!! :D

It was the festival -"Ugadi" on Thursday... For those who need a brief intro, here it is...

The New year festival or Ugadi comes close on the heels of Holi. While the strong colors of Holi start fading away, the freshness of spring lingers on with sprightliness all around.
Ugadi marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit.
It makes the spring the first season of the year heralding a new beginning. On this day, a dish known as "ugadi pachidi" is prepared and it is the main recipe for the day. It consists of all kind of tastes - sweet, sour, bitter, hot, salty and so on. The thought is: life is made up of a variety of tastes such as difficulties, pleasures, anger, love, hatred and so on. They offer this sauce to everyone who visit their houses.
Thats about Ugadi.

The friday, sat and sun.. just add up to make it a perfect weekend!
I am off on my trip to B'lore for the weekend.

Catch up soon..

Posted by Aarti :: 2:06 PM :: 3 comments