May the new year bring you happiness and success.
ಉಗಾದಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು.
Prof Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi has a very good write up on ugadi.
And yes, if you want to know how ugaadi is celeberated you must read "doDDa mane" by H L Nage Gowda. Its a great book about life in "bayalu seeme" (the flat lands of karnataka) and Gowdas.
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