#puneinpixels Marking the arrival of spring and the beginning of harvest season with Gudi Padwa

Gudi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Apr 06, 2019 6:12 PM IST

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Gudi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus. (HT PHOTO)

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The Hindu Nav Varsh Swagat Samiti took out a rally on the occasion of Gudi Padwa on Sinhagad road in Pune, on Saturday. (HT PHOTO)

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It is celebrated in and near Maharashtra and Goa on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar. (HT PHOTO)

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The festival is observed with colorful floor decorations called rangoli, a special Gudi flag (garlanded with flowers, mango and neem leaves, topped with upturned silver or copper vessel), street processions, dancing and festive foods. (HT PHOTO)

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Bhartiya Sanskriti Manch Yamunanagar took out a Shobha Yatra in Nigdi on the occasion of Gudi Padva on April 6. (HT PHOTO)

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The festival is linked to the mythical day on which Hindu god Brahma created time and universe. To some, it commemorates the coronation of Rama in Ayodhya after his victory over evil Ravana, or alternatively the start of Shalivahan calendar after he defeated the Huns invasion in the 1st century. (HT PHOTO)