Karnataka To Celebrate "Ugadi" Festival With Caution Amid Covid Surge

Those celebrating Ugadi know that the world has changed, and they need to be careful.

Ugadi - the New Year's Day for Karnataka and one of the biggest festivals of the state is on Tuesday - amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Those celebrating the festival know that the world has changed, and they need to be careful. NDTV spoke to some Bengaluru residents who went shopping for the festival. "This time, Ugadi is going to be a little simple only. There is coronavirus all around so we are just trying to be a bit careful and having it subtle this time. We have instructions to wear the mask and be careful - so we are having it simple this time," one shopper, Beena, said. "We have to learn to live with it. We have no other go now," she added.