At a metaphysical level, Deepawali is a festival signifying the victory of good over evil; the latter is destroyed and reduced to ashes by fireworks is the belief of the people. This festival is celebrated on a grand scale in almost all the regions of India and is looked upon mainly as the beginning of Indian New Year. The first day of Diwali is also regarded to be the New Year for business houses, who pay off their debts and decorate their offices for getting wealth and prosperity in the coming year.
In the Indian civil calender,the initial epoch is the Saka Era,a traditional era of Indian chronology that is said to have begun with King Salivahana's accession to the throne,and is also the reference for most astronomical works in sanskrit literature written after 500 AD. In the Saka calendar,the year 2011 AD is 1934.
The other popular epoch is the Vikram era that is believed to have begun with the coronation of King Vikramaditya. The year 2011 AD corresponds to 2069 in this system.
New Year dates of many religions coincide with each other. Baisakhi falls on April 13 or 14 every year and so does Bihu in Assam, Nabo Barsho in Bengal, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu and Pooram Vishu in Kerala. New Year in different regions of agriculturally rich country of India is usually celebrated to mark the time for harvesting of crops. While in some places, the religious minded people celebrate it to honor Lord Brahma for his universal creation.
This year today forth of april is the hindu or Indian new year celebrated all over.
In the Indian civil calender,the initial epoch is the Saka Era,a traditional era of Indian chronology that is said to have begun with King Salivahana's accession to the throne,and is also the reference for most astronomical works in sanskrit literature written after 500 AD. In the Saka calendar,the year 2011 AD is 1934.
The other popular epoch is the Vikram era that is believed to have begun with the coronation of King Vikramaditya. The year 2011 AD corresponds to 2069 in this system.
New Year dates of many religions coincide with each other. Baisakhi falls on April 13 or 14 every year and so does Bihu in Assam, Nabo Barsho in Bengal, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu and Pooram Vishu in Kerala. New Year in different regions of agriculturally rich country of India is usually celebrated to mark the time for harvesting of crops. While in some places, the religious minded people celebrate it to honor Lord Brahma for his universal creation.
This year today forth of april is the hindu or Indian new year celebrated all over.
