Puthuvarudam

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Puthuvarudam is the traditional Tamil New Year festival, marking the beginning of the Tamil calendar year with cultural and religious celebrations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Puthuvarudam canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Year festival ⓘ
cultural event ⓘ
festival ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedReligion Hinduism ⓘ
celebratedBy Tamil people ⓘ
celebratedIn Puducherry ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Tamil diaspora communities ⓘ
linked to: Tamil diaspora
culturalSignificance renewal and prosperity ⓘ
start of agricultural cycle in some regions ⓘ
followsCalendar Tamil calendar ⓘ
hasApproximateDate April 14 ⓘ
hasCustom family gatherings ⓘ
giving gifts ⓘ
viewing auspicious items at dawn ⓘ
wearing new clothes ⓘ
hasFood mango-based dishes ⓘ
payasam ⓘ
sweet and savory snacks ⓘ
traditional vegetarian dishes ⓘ
hasGreeting Iniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Puthandu ⓘ
Tamil New Year ⓘ
hasRitual exchange of greetings ⓘ
house cleaning ⓘ
kolam drawing ⓘ
lighting of lamps ⓘ
preparation of festive meals ⓘ
special puja ⓘ
visiting temples ⓘ
hasSymbol banana trees at house entrance ⓘ
fresh mango leaves ⓘ
kolam patterns ⓘ
oil lamps ⓘ
isPublicHolidayIn Sri Lanka (for Tamils) ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
marks beginning of the Tamil calendar year ⓘ
occursInGregorianMonth April ⓘ
occursInMonth Chithirai ⓘ
sharesNewYearClusterWith Baisakhi ⓘ
linked to: Vaisakhi

Pohela Boishakh ⓘ
Sinhalese New Year ⓘ
Vishu ⓘ
timeOfDayImportance early morning observances ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamil New Year → alsoKnownAs → Puthuvarudam ⓘ
Puthandu → alsoKnownAs → Puthuvarudam ⓘ