Tamil New Year is also called as "Puthu varusam" in the Tamil language and "Chithirai Varusap pirappu" by Tamil people who are living all over the world. It is another special day in the Hindu calendar and it is celebrated .by Hindu Tamil community specially in Sri Lanka and India. On this Holiday people used to celebrate with special worship at their local temples after taking shower at auspicious time and will new clothes with colors which are mentioned in the"Panchangam" a Tamil Almanac and used to share and eat specially prepared foods on that day.
Name of the Tamil New Year that is going to start in the year 2012 will be "Nanthana"
This Tamil New year will start on Friday 13/04/2012.
This day is best for to visit temples for worship and then get the blessing from elders. If you do these these ritual according to guidance, you will get good fortune and prosperity in the coming years.
This Tamil New year is celebrated in south east Asia under the name of Songrant - water festival - according to Tamil calendar Sun is entering to "Mesha" Rasi on this day and it is called as Tamil New year. Some politicians in Tamil Nadu India started to call January 14th as Tamil New year and all the Tamil people living out side of India didn't accept it. And they say the new date was made by Tamil Nadu for political gains.
So we too agree with the Tamil scholars' that April is the month when the Tamil calendar starts of the New Year.
Please visit this page later for more information on the 2012 Tamil New Year.
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