Description
Ugadi or Yugadi is celebrated as the first day of the year by people of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. On this day new Samvatsara, which is cycle of sixty years, starts. All sixty Samvatsara are identified by unique name.
Ugadi is celebrated as gudipadwa by the people of Maharashtra. Both Ugadi and Gudi Padwa are celebrated on the same day.