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# Celebrating Ugadhi
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/celebrating-ugadhi/
- Published: 2011-05-15T00:39:44.000Z
- Updated: 2011-05-15T00:39:44.000Z
- Description: Jhanvi and I visited India in April and were lucky to celebrate Ugadhi with our family back home. Ugadhi is the an important festival in South...
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- Tags: Family, Festivals, Food, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

Jhanvi and I visited India in April and were lucky to celebrate [Ugadhi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugadi?ref=kudithipudi.org) with our family back home. Ugadhi is the an important festival in South India and is essentially the celebration of the begenning of a new year (yep.. new year in April 🙂 ). One of the specialities of Ugadhi in Andhra Pradesh is something called “Ugadhi Pachadi”. It is a mixture of 6 ingredients (Neem Flower, Jaggery, Red Pepper, Green Mango, Salt and Tamarind) which designate the different “tastes” of life (bitter, sweet, hot, salty, tangy etc).

I haven’t been able to celebrate Ugadhi with my family for more than 10 years. So it was a special occasion. And mom went all the way to make it even more memorable. Here are some pictures.

Hanging Mango Leaves

![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5657628428_308def4c43_d.jpg "2011 Ugadhi")

Garelu

![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5657636368_7cb04b4106_d.jpg "2011 Ugadhi Garelu")

Ugadhi Pachadi : Ingredients

![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5657637928_f2d8eac704_d.jpg "2011 Ugadhi Pachadi Ingrediants")

Ugadhi Pachadi : Final

![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5657074979_b411cf7316_d.jpg "2011 Ugadhi Pachadi")

Thanking the divine ones

![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5190/5657083545_5cd619d822_d.jpg "2011 Ugadhi Pooja")