Tamil New Year - 2026

Tamil New Year is one of the traditional festival of Tamil Nadu. It marks the directional change of sun movement on the first day of the month of Chithirai in tamil calender. People welcome the the beginning of the spring season. People make plans to move forward in their life with a balanced, hopeful mind. People meet the elders with new cloths and get their blessings. And also offer special prayers in temples.

The routine traditional foods like pongal, vada, are prepared along with neem flower rasam, and mangai pachadi. The mangai pachadi is a symbolic representation of human life. It is a mixture of sweetness and bitterness. People have to face the upcoming year with equanimity is the philosophy. People practice worship, hospitality, and charity on this special day.