Gudi Padwa

What is worn for Gudi Padwa

Gudi Padwa is the Marathi new year and the Konkani and Goan new year (Sanvsar Padvo), kept on the first day of the bright fortnight of Chaitra. A gudi, a bamboo stick topped with a bright silk cloth, a garland, neem and mango leaves and an upturned silver or copper pot, is raised at the door or window. Neem leaves with jaggery are eaten. Processions called Shobha Yatra are held in Mumbai, Pune and elsewhere, and women often wear a nauvari saree in the kashta drape, or a Paithani, with the traditional nath nose ring, and men wear kurta with a pheta turban. The same day is Ugadi in the south.

The sarees

PaithaniSilk saree with woven peacock and lotus motifs, the festive Maharashtrian choice.Kashta sariThe nine-yard saree in the kashta drape.