Tamil New Year 2012 - Tamil Varusha Pirappu

Iniya Tamizh Puthandu Nal Vaazhthukkal to all my dear blogger friends...

Tamil New Year also called as "Chithirai Thirunal / Varusha Pirappu " falls on the first day of the Tamil month "Chithirai". This festival is widely celebrated by all tamils around the world and it falls during mid April every year. People wish each other by telling "Iniya Tamizh Puthandu Vaazhthukkal" on this day. They prepare many festive foods on this special occasion using neem flowers, mango, jack fruit and other fresh harvest and offer their prayers to the God. They decorate their houses with mango leaves and fresh flowers, put large rangoli in front of their houses during the festival. This festival is marked by the famous Chithirai feast in all the homes and the usage of the fresh Harvest signifies the growth and prosperity. In the festive food, different types of taste like sweet, salt, spice, bitter, sour would be included in the dishes they make.

This year is named as "Nandana" and it falls on 13th April, 2012. We celebrated Varusha Pirappu at our home in a grand way and offered our prayers to God, made an elaborate feast and enjoyed with our friends.  To all my friends, once again wishing you all a very happy tamil new year.

Puthandu Feast in our home : >>  White Rice, Kalathu Paruppu, Coconut Rice, Medhu Vadai, Potato Podimas, Beans Kadalai Paruppu Poriyal, Tomato Rasam, Mangai Murungai Sambar, Vathalkuzhambu, Mango Neem Flower Pachidi, Cucumber Kosambari, Aviyal, Shahi Gulab jamoon, Curd rice. ( Appalam and Payasam missing in photo!!).