by a Thinker, Sailor, Blogger, Irreverent Guy from Madras

Tamil New Year 2014 greetings with a Moodle instead of Doodle


Tomorrow, 14th April 2014, is the Tamil New Year Day.  The next day is the Malayalam New Year Day or Vishu.  These two days are considered to be auspicious and denote the beginning of the New Year for many people in India and around.
  • Malayali New Year or Vishu in the state of Kerala
  • Punjabi New Year or Vaishaki in the state of Punjab
  • Bengali New Year or Pohela Boishak in the state of West Bengal
  • Assamese New Year or Rongali Bihu in the state of Assam
  • Oriya New Year or Maha Vishuva Sankranti in the state of Odisha
  • Tuluva New Year or Bisu by the Tulu people in the state of Karnataka
  • Nepalese New Year or Bikram Samwat in Nepal
  • Sinhalese New Year or Aluth Avurudhu in Sri Lanka
  • Thai New Year or Songkran in Thailand
  • Burmese New Year or Thingyan in Myanmar
  • Lao New Year or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao in Laos
  • Khmer New Year or Chol Chnam Thmey in Kampuchea, and of course,
  • Tamil New Year by the Tamil people
By now we know that Google most likely will not be putting up a Doodle for Vishu, Vaishaki or Tamil New Year.  So, here is a Moodle to celebrate the Tamil New Year instead of the Google Doodle.  The Moodle displays the 6 tastes as described in the classical Tamil writings (அறுசுவை - Arusuvai - 6 tastes).

tamil-new-year-greetings_doodle

The ‘M’ is made up by Jaggery (Sweet) and green chillies (Hot).  The Mango would taste good (with Salt), while the Neem flowers are yuck (Bitter)! For grimace there is Tamarind (Sour), while the Betel leaves would make us pucker (Astringency).  The coconut?  That’s me, hard as a nut outside, sweetness and joy inside!
:-D

So for the Tamil New Year Day 2014, wish you all a very happy, prosperous and enjoyable year ahead.

Later in the day Amavasya Tharpana Sankalpam Generator 0.3b for Tamil Year 'Jaya' (2014-15) will be uploaded.

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