Telugu New Year celebrations steeped in tradition


Telugu Association of Malaysia Penang branch members Shanti Krishna (left) and P. Kamala Devi, both 45, filling a giant brass pot with flowers to mark the celebration.

TELUGU Association Malaysia (TAM) Penang branch members and their families celebrated the Telugu New Year called Ugadi with religious fervour and merriment at Sri Vengkateswara Swamy Alayam in Taman Tun Sardon, Gelugor.

The new year, known as the Sri Plawa Naama, saw some 100 men, women and children dressed in their traditional finest, offering prayers to Sri Vengkateswara Swamy to invoke blessings for a bountiful new year.

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