Starting Tamil New Year on a bright note
PUBLISHED ONApril 16, 2014 10:45 PM
SINGAPORE - Yesterday was the Tamil New Year, or Puthandu, which is the first day of the traditional Tamil calendar.
Most Tamils - who speak Tamil and whose ancestors mainly hailed from South India and Sri Lanka - are Hindus.
On this auspicious day, they visit temples to seek blessings.
This article was published on April 15 in The Straits Times.
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