Shubhakruth Nama Ugadi celebrated with traditional fervour

Houses were decorated with ‘thoranams’ and residents prepared ‘Ugadi pachhadi’.

Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, was celebrated with much gaiety on Wedneday.

Houses were decorated with ‘thoranams’ and residents prepared ‘Ugadi pachhadi’. The special dish, made of tamarind, coconut, jaggery, neem flowers, mango and other ingredients, was served at shops, offices and other places.

People were seen exchanging Shubhakruth Nama Ugadi New Year greetings with one another. Thousands thronged temples from dawn and offered pujas on the occasion of Telugu New Year.

Devotees performed special pujas at Sri Durga Malleswaraswamy Varla Devastanam; Sri Parvathi Sametha Ramalingeswara Swamy temple, Yenamalakuduru; Sai Baba temples on M.G. Road, Mutyalampadu; Shivalayam at Kothapeta and other places in NTR and Krishna districts.

Priests rendered ‘panchangam’ and distributed ‘Ugadi Pachhadi’ and ‘teertham’ to devotees. At some places, ‘jataras’ were performed to deities in villages.