Seasonal · Karnataka · March/April

Ugadi

The Kannada New Year, greeted with a taste of bevu-bella, neem and jaggery, as a reminder that the year ahead holds both bitterness and sweetness.

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Ugadi sits inside Karnataka's wider living culture — one date on a calendar that also holds these traditions.

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