People wear new clothes and children go to elders to pay their respects and seek their blessings, then the family sits down to a vegetarian feast. Households clean up the house, prepare a tray with fruits, flowers and auspicious items, light up the family puja altar and visit their local temples. The same day is observed elsewhere in South and South East Asia as the traditional new year, but is known by other names such as Vishu in Kerala, and Vaisakhi or Baisakhi in central and northern India. It falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the Tamil month Chithirai. Puthandu ( Tamil: தமிழ்ப்புத்தாண்டு), also known as Puthuvarudam, Chithirai Thirunal or Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar and traditionally celebrated as a festival.
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Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard. Tamils in India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Reunion, Malaysia, Singapore įeasting, gift-giving, visiting homes and templesįirst day of Chithirai in the Tamil calendar