Place or
Community
Cheti Chand is the Sindhi
New
Year and
is celebrated by the Sindhis all around the world.
Month
Cheti Chand is observed on the first day of the month of
Chaitra. Chaitra is known as Cheti in Sindhi, hence
Cheti Chand.
Description
Cheti Chand is the Sindhi New Year which falls on the
same day as that of Gudi Padwa which is the New Year day
in Maharashtra and Ugadi in Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh.
Cheti Chand is celebrated in honor of the birth of
Jhulelal, the patron saint of the Sindhis. It is
celebrated with pomp and gaiety by the Sindhi Community.
Many people take Baharana Sahib consisiting of Jyot,
Misiri, Phota, Fal, Akha to the nearby river. An idol of
Jhulelal Devta is also carried along.
On the Sindhi New Year day, if you want to wish a Sindhu
a
Happy
New
Year, you
can say
"Cheti Chand jyon Lakh
Lakh Wadayun Athav".
In response the other person can wish you
"Tohan khe bhi Cheti Chand jyon
Lakh Lakh Wadayun Athav".
