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Mark Your Calender – Ugadi-23 to be held on March 25

Telugu Association of Montreal has announced that Ugadi-23 will be held on March 25. Ugadi or Yugadi, also known as Samvatsarādi (lit. ’Beginning of the Year’), is New Year’s Day according to the Hindu calendar and is celebrated in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka in India.[1] It is festively observed in these…

TAM wishes you Happy Sankranti!

Telugu Association of Montreal would like to wish you all a Happy Sankranti. Makar(a) Sankranti (Sanskrit: मकरसङ्क्रान्ति, romanized: Makarasaṅkrānti),[1] also referred to as Uttarayana, Maghi, or simply Sankranti, is a Hindu observance and a festival. Usually falling on the date of January 15 annually,[2][3][4] this occasion marks the transition of the…