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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Former new year on the Malayalam Calendar}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;The Kerala New Year&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[Malayalam Calendar]]) used to be on the day of [[March equinox|vernal equinox]], i.e., the day when the sun is considered to move from the southern to the northern [[Celestial sphere|hemisphere]]. The day now falls in the first Malayalam month of &#039;&#039;Chingham&#039;&#039; {{lang|ml|ചിങ്ങം}} according to the [[Kollam Era]].<br /> <br /> Till the modern [[Malayalam]] calendar [[Kollam Era]]&lt;ref name=&quot;scientific journal&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;Indian Journal on History of Sciences 1996, pg 94&#039;&#039;. &#039;&#039;{{cite web |url=http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b5f_93.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-12-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527163650/http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b5f_93.pdf |archivedate=2015-05-27 }}&#039;&#039;&lt;/ref&gt; was adopted in 825 CE, 1st day of the Malayalam month of &#039;&#039;Medam&#039;&#039; ({{lang|ml|മേടം}}) was considered to be the new year. This day is celebrated in [[Kerala]] as [[Vishu]] today and it coincides with similar new year festivities in several other parts of [[India]].<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Festivals in Kerala]]<br /> [[Category:Hindu festivals in Kerala]]<br /> [[Category:April observances]]<br /> [[Category:May observances]]<br /> [[Category:Spring holidays (Northern Hemisphere)]]</div>

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