"Yuga-adi" — the start of an age. Families read the year's forecast from the new Panchang and share ugadi pachadi, a dish blending six tastes to mark that the year ahead, like life, carries sweetness, bitterness, and everything between.
आंध्र प्रदेश, तेलंगाना, कर्नाटक
Tradition holds this the day Brahma began creating the universe after the deluge — the same association given to Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, showing the shared lunisolar new-year root across the Deccan under different regional names.
Homes decorate doorways with mango-leaf torans and draw rangoli at the threshold. Telugu and Kannada households read the Panchanga Shravanam, a public recitation of the year's astrological forecast, often broadcast on regional television.