Ugadi:-
It is believed that the creator Lord Brahma started creation on this day – Chaitra suddha padhyami or the Ugadi day. Also the great Indian Mathematician Bhaskaracharya’s calculations proclaimed the Ugadi day from the sunrise on as the beginning of the new year, new month and new day.
Ugadi is the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon’s orbit. It is a day when mantras are chanted and predictions made for the new year. Traditionally, the panchanga sravanam or listening to the yearly calendar was done at the temples or at the Town square but with the onset of modern technology, one can get to hear the priest-scholar on television sets right in one’s living room.
Story behind Ugadi:-
It is believed that the creator Lord Brahma started creation on this day – Chaitra suddha padhyami or the Ugadi day. Also the great Indian Mathematician Bhaskaracharya’s calculations proclaimed the Ugadi day from the sunrise on as the beginning of the new year, new month and new day.
Ugadi is the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon’s orbit. It is a day when mantras are chanted and predictions made for the new year. Traditionally, the panchanga sravanam or listening to the yearly calendar was done at the temples or at the Town square but with the onset of modern technology, one can get to hear the priest-scholar on television sets right in one’s living room.
Story behind Ugadi:-
Lord Sri:man Na:ra:yana created four headed Brahma. He taught him all the ve:das and assigned him the task of creating the universe. Brahma prayed to Lord Sri:man Na:ra:yana, that he would like to have Sri:man Na:ra:yana with him always. Lord Sri:man Na:ra:yana then brought out his form as an idol, exactly as he appears in the Milky Ocean, and gave it to Brahma. This form is the first idol form of deity in this universe.
Later on Sun God requested Brahma and got from him the idol of Sri:man Na:ra:yana. Sun God gave it to his son Manu, Manu gave it to his son Ikshva:ku. Thus the idol form of Sri:man Na:ra:yana was continued to be worshipped in the dynasty of Ikshva:ku for several generations. Lord Ra:ma also worshipped the same deity. At the request of Vibhi:shana, Lord Ra:ma gave the idol to him.
Vibhi: shana while carrying the idol to his city Lanka, placed the idol on the banks of river Ka:ve:ri, for his afternoon prayers. After finishing his prayers, when he tried to take the idol again, he could not lift it from there. That place where the idol remained fixed is called Sri:Rangam and the idol form of deity, which is still being worshipped there is called Sri: Rangana:tha. The day Lord Rangana:tha's idol form came into existence, which is the birth day of Lord Sri: Rangana:tha is called Yuga:di. This is the day on which Brahma started creation of this universe. That is the main reason why we celebrate Yuga:di.
Yuga:di also signifies the start of spring season. The whole nature changes its color. It is a new beginning with plants having new life, shoots and leaves, green fields and meadows shining with full of colorful blossoms. Yuga:di is celebrated on the first day (pa:dyami) of the first month (Chaithra) of our traditional calendar.
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