02 April 2022

Traditional New Year"s Day

Today marks the beginning of traditional new year to many Indians. It is celeberated in many states in India and abroad. In Southern Indian states of Karnataka, Telengana and Andhra Pradesh, it is observed as Ugaadhi. In Maharashtra, it is celebrated as Gudi Padwa. People like me, whose ancestors migrated to Southern India from Maharashtra, celebrate today as Ugaadhi.

This day marks the beginning of Shree Raama Navaraathri (meaming 'Nine Devine Nights of Lord Shree Raam'). At the end of these nine days/nights, is the day popularly known as Shree Raama Navami, the birth anniversary of Lord Shree Raam (an incarnation of Shree Mahaa Vishnu) millions of years back in today's Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh in India.

The following image is a handcrafted doll of Lord Shree Raam, His wife Seetha Devi, His brother Shree Lakshman, with Hanumaan, the greatest devotee of Lord Shree Raam, offering his worship to his master.



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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.