A festival of summer, Ugadi )also known as Visu in Tamil Nadu and Kerala) is one of the most looked-forward-to summer festivals in India. Also known as ‘Yugadi,” which literally means, ” Start of a new ‘Yug(Era in Sanskrit),” this festival marks the beginning of a New Year in the Southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.

Ugadi falls on the first day when the moon’s orbit undergoes a change. Festivals in India follow the Indian astronomical charts, and Ugadi is celebrated a day after the first new moon and after the sun passes the celestial equator on the spring equinox.

Ugadi is incomplete without the “Ugadi Pacchadi. ” Every festival in India...