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Dear Visitor ji,
Ugadhi festival has a special place in the lives of Telugu speaking people all around the world. Ugadhi marks the arrival of Telugu new year and the time when the strong colors of Holi start fading away, the freshness of spring lingers on with sprightliness all around.
The onset of spring also marks a beginning of new life with plants acquiring new shoots and leaves. Spring is considered the first season of the year hence also heralding a new year and a new beginning. The vibrancy of life and verdant fields, meadows full of colorful blossoms signifies growth, prosperity and well-being.
It is a season for raw mangoes spreading its aroma in the air and the fully blossomed neem tree that makes the air healthy. Also, jaggery made with fresh crop of sugarcane adds a renewed flavor to "Ugadi pachchadi". The Sweet and Bitter part of which provide us with the motivation to face good and bad challenge in life.
In other parts of India
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada is celebrated as the New Year in India. The Bhartiya New Year day is celebrated by different names and in different ways in all parts of the country.
In Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh is celebrated on Chaitra Shukala Pratipada and it is call Varsh Pratipada. In South India it is known and celebrated by Ugadi, Rongali Bihu,Gudi Padwa, Puthandu, Vishu, Cheiraoba, Navreh, Maha Vishuva Sankranti, Bestu Varas, Cheti Chand, Chaitti and Basoa/Bishu.
Message from His Excellency Mr Biren Nanda
 I congratulate the Telugu Association of Canberra (TAC) for organising Ugadhi celebration 2014. Ugadhi is the New Year's Day for the Telugu speaking people of India. It is heartening to know that TAC is celebrating this event regularly for the last 15 years. The event will promote multi-culturalism and popularize the Telugu culture, literature, language, sport, music, dance and drama amongst communities in Canberra.
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I wish the organisers success in their endeavour.
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Canberra Sister City - Invitation, Proposal & Discussion
 FINACT executive committee have been discussing the proposal of Canberra’s sister city status to be given to one of Indian cities with ACT government, Indian high commission officials and Indian community leaders.
We understand that it is now a time to contour this idea to a reality. Hence we are seeking your input towards proposing an Indian city which is most eligible to be Canberra’s sister city. We may have different opinions on the city we think is appropriate but as per FINACT’s norms we would encourage all the leaders to get together, analyse and discuss the strong points of all the proposed cities and decide on one. This exercise will be followed by collective and strong proposal to the ACT government and parallel discussions with the local government of the proposed city in India. ead Mor
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Message from Minister Joy Burch MLA
 Thank you for your email of 10 March 2014 inviting me to attend the upcoming celebrations for Ugadi and asking me to provide a message for your website and souvenir booklet for the occasion.
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I enclose my Ugadi message for publication on your website and in the souvenir booklet. A staff member from my office will contact you shortly to advise you about my availability to attend the celebratory event on 12 April 2014.
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Message from Senator Kate Lundy
I extend my best wishes to everyone in the Telagu Community, members of FINACT and the Indian Community who have joined in celebrations on this very special day.
Promoting multiculturalism and harmony by sharing things such as culture, language, sport and music is a worthy goal and it is what makes Canberra the vibrant and socially inclusive society that we can be proud of.
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Thank you to all those who have volunteered their time to make this day happen. Volunteers hold communities together, they are vital to harmony and diversity and the ACT community benefits greatly from contribution they make to the cultural life of our city.
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Message from Senator Zed Seselja
 I would like to send the Telugu Association of Canberra and FINACT my best wishes for the upcoming celebrations of Ugadi.
For Members of the Telugu Association of Canberra and many others here in Canberra, Ugadi is all about celebrating the New Year ahead, a time to think about new beginnings and to cherish loved family and friends.
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Telugu has a vibrant culture full of dance, music, drama, sport and literature this year’s Ugadi celebrations are set to be full of these activities, all of which enrich our community and make Canberra an even stronger and more dynamic city to live in.
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Message from Dr Andrew Leigh MP
 New Years Message from the Federal Member for Fraser, Dr Andrew Leigh
I would like to thank the Federation of Indian Associations of ACT for giving me the opportunity to offer a Ugadhi message to all those who are celebrating.
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New Year’s celebrations give us the chance to plan for the opportunities of the coming year and to reflect on the year gone by. I look back on a year in which I’ve been welcomed again and again into the many vibrant, enthusiastic and industrious multicultural communities that are growing in Canberra and making the city a more interesting place to live.
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Message from Giulia Jones MLA
 Congratulations to you and the entire Telagu Association of Canberra for once again bringing the Ughadi celebrations to Canberra! Now in its 15th year, the event has gone from strength to strength and I look forward to hopefully seeing record numbers of attendees this year.
The Ughadi celebration, which marks the New Year for the Deccan region of India, is a unique celebration in Canberra as it has no fixed date and it promotes every aspect of the Telagu culture.
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I encourage you all to get along to this year’s event on Saturday 12 April 2014 from between 5 and 10pm at St Edmund’s College in Griffith.
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Know India Programme
 The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has been organising the Know India Program (earlier Internship Programme for Diaspora Youth (IPDY)) to create awareness about the phenomenal transformation taking place in India and the country’s progress from just a destination for culture, heritage and art to an emerging powerhouse in the global economic system. Twenty seven such programmes have been organised up till now in partnership with different states.
Following the success of the programmes and based on the positive feedback received from the interns, the next Know India Programmes (KIP) are proposed to be organised for 40 participants to be selected from countries all over the world. The KIP in the nature of an Orientation Programme is expected to provide the participants exposure to various facets of the Indian way of life, culture, spirituality, adventure and sports, creativity and composite character of India and interaction with youth from different parts of the country.
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