Tamil New Year (Puthandu) 2019 Date: History, Importance & Significance of Puthandu festival in India | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Tamil New Year (Puthandu) 2019 Date: History, Importance & Significance of Puthandu festival in India | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express



By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: April 13, 2019 4:29:41 pm

Tamil New Year (Puthandu) 2019 Date: History, Importance & Significance of Puthandu festival in India

Tamil New Year (Puthandu) 2019 Date in India: Puthandu, according to the Hindu lunisolar calendar’s solar cycle, is the first day of the traditional Tamil New Year. This year it will be celebrated on April 14.

In some parts of Tamil Nadu, Puthandu is also called ‘Chittirai Vishu’. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)

Tamil New Year (Puthandu) 2019 Date in India: Puthandu, according to the Hindu lunisolar calendar’s solar cycle, is the first day of the traditional Tamil New Year. It is a public holiday in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka as well. Interestingly, along with Tamilians across the world, many other Indian communities celebrate their traditional new year around the same time. While it is called Vishu in Kerala, it is Bihu for those in Assam, Baishakhi in Punjab and Pohela Boishakh in West Bengal.