This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations.(November 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Tamil New Year අලුත් අවුරුද්ද
Avurudu festival sweetmeats including kavum, kokis, and kiribath (milk rice)
Official name
Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද Aluth Avurudda[1][2][3] Also celebrated as Sinhala and Tamil New Year Sinhala and Hindu New Year
Observed by
Sri Lankans worldwide
Type
Cultural
Celebrations
Games, family gathering, family meal, visiting friends and relatives, prayer
Observances
The observed movement of the sun from Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries) Marks the end of the harvest season
Date
13 or 14 April, an auspicious date in the month of Bak (April) (by the Shalivahana era)
2024 date
13 April [4]
Frequency
annual
Related to
South and Southeast Asian solar New Year
Sinhala and Tamil New Year Card
Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese and Tamil people but by most Sri Lankans. The timing of the Sinhala Tamil New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festival has close semblance to the Tamil New year and other South and Southeast Asian New Years. It is a public holiday in Sri Lanka (02 Public Holidays - Normally Shops Close for Around One Week Following the New Year). It is generally celebrated on 13 April or 14 April and traditionally begins at the sighting of the new moon.[7][8]
According to Sinhalese astrology, New Year begins when the sun moves from Meena Rashiya (the house of Pisces) to Mesha Rashiya (the house of Aries). It also marks the end of the harvest season and of spring.
^"Government Notifications - The Holidays Act, No. 29 of 1971" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 7 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^"Sinhala and Tamil New Year 2023, 2024 and 2025". PublicHolidays.lk.
^"New Year's Festival in Sri Lanka | Work the World".
^"featur03". Archived from the original on 18 February 2017.
and 26 Related for: Sinhalese New Year information
SinhaleseNewYear, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New...
The Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native...
Songkran in Laos, the Songkran in Thailand, the Cambodian NewYear, the SinhaleseNewYear and the festivals like Vaisakhi (Punjab), Puthandu (Tamil Nadu)...
significance of the Kanikonna as part of Laos newyear same like of Vishu celebrations in Kerala.The SinhaleseNewYear in Sri Lanka also coincides with the Vishu...
and Khas communities of Nepal. Magar people prepare batuk on Maghi, a NewYear festival celebrated on the same day of Maghe Sankranti. Magars also eat...
Chulalongkorn, written as Songkran.: 34 Cambodian Newyear, in Cambodia Lao NewYear, in Laos SinhaleseNewYear, in Sri Lanka Songkran (Thailand) Thingyan,...
traditionally given and consumed during celebrations of Sinhala and Tamil NewYear. Kevum is mentioned in ancient Sri Lankan texts including the Ummagga Jatakaya...
Tamil NewYear, not Sinhalese!". Tamilweek.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. "Najib sends newyear greetings...
Indian state of Kerala Sinhalese people prepare and consume a number of traditional dishes, including kokis, to celebrate their newyear in mid-April. These...
sweets, is commonly prepared and consumed in celebration of the Sinhala NewYear. As the process of making the dish is difficult and time-consuming, nowadays...
Kiri Aluwa (Sinhala: කිරි ටොෆී), also known as milk toffee or kiri toffee, is a popular traditional Sri Lankan soft toffee. These soft caramelised milk...
South and Southeast Asian solar NewYear: roughly 14 April, including Cambodian NewYear, Lao NewYear, SinhaleseNewYear, Songkran (Thailand), Thingyan...
beat on it with both hands. This is used in festivals such as the SinhaleseNewYear and ceremonies such as weddings. The resounding beat of the Rabana...
cinnamon leaves Deep fried but served cooled. Popular treat served at SinhaleseNewYear and special events. Aggala Kithul treacle, rice flour, pepper Spicy...
deep-fried sweet snack, which is served on Aluth Avurudda/Puthandu (the Sinhalese/Tamil New Years), weddings and birthdays. It is made with a combination rice...
festive and religious occasions, including Christmas, NewYear's Eve, Sinhala and Tamil NewYear. Bibikkan is believed to have been introduced to Sri Lanka...
Myanmar Sangrai, Thailand Songkran, Cambodia, Laos, India, Bangladesh, SinhaleseNewYear and a few other Asian countries. Houses are decorated with flowers...
Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, India Vaishak Ek in Nepal SinhaleseNewYear in Sri Lanka. East Asia: Cambodian NewYear in Cambodia, Thingyan in Burma, Songkran festival...
and beat it with both hands. This is used in festivals such as the SinhaleseNewYear and ceremonies such as weddings. The resounding beat of the Rabana...
The Sinhalese monarchy (Sinhala සිංහල රාජාණ්ඩුව) has its origins in the settlement of North Indian Indo-Aryan immigrants to the island of Sri Lanka. The...
a notice that the temporal power cut crisis will be solved before SinhaleseNewYear and Puthandu which falls on 13th and 14 April 2019. According to the...
similar to other Southeast Asian NewYear festivals (Songkran, Cambodian NewYear, SinhaleseNewYear and Lao NewYear), people splash water on one another...
niángāo; Jyutping: nin4 gou1), sometimes translated as year cake or NewYear cake or Chinese NewYear's cake, is a food prepared from glutinous rice flour...
Global Information
