Maharashtra • Konkan · March–April
Gudi Padwa
Maharashtra's Colorful New Year
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**Gudi Padwa** is celebrated particularly in Maharashtra and the Konkan region as the Marathi New Year.
Homes are decorated. Doorways are adorned with mango leaves. And the distinctive **Gudi** — a bamboo pole with a bright cloth, garland, sugar-crystal necklace and inverted metal pot — is raised outside every home.
The Gudi
The **Gudi** is a symbol of victory and prosperity. It is raised at dawn on Gudi Padwa and stays up throughout the day.
In Mumbai and Pune, colorful **Shobha Yatra** processions fill the streets with traditional Marathi attire, folk music and dance.
Puran Poli and Traditional Food
**Puran Poli** — The signature Gudi Padwa sweet flatbread stuffed with lentil-jaggery filling.
**Shrikhand-Puri, Basundi** and other Maharashtrian sweets fill the day's meals.
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