Pahela Baishakh - পহেলা বৈশাখ
Pahela Baishakh also called Pohela Boishakh is the traditional new year day of the Bengali people. It is celebrated on 14 April as a national holiday in Bangladesh, and on 14th April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and elsewhere by people of Bengali heritage, irrespective of their religious faith.
The festival date is set according to the lunisolar Bengali calendar as the first day of its first month Baishakh. It therefore almost always falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar. The same day is observed elsewhere as the traditional solar new year and a harvest festival by Hindus and Sikhs, and is known by other names such as Vaisakhi in central and North India, Vishu in Kerala, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Ugadi in
Andhara Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka, Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra.
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