Indore: Girls perform cultural act during celebrations marking Gudi Padwa, the Hindu New Year, at Bada Ganpati Square, in Indore on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Bastar: Hindu women dressed as goddesses participate in a procession under the banner of Sarva Hindu Samaj on the occasion of the Hindu New Year, Vikram Samvat 2083, in Jagdalpur, Bastar, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Indore: Girls perform cultural act during celebrations marking Gudi Padwa, the Hindu New Year, at Bada Ganpati Square, in Indore on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Indore: Girls perform cultural act during celebrations marking Gudi Padwa, the Hindu New Year, at Bada Ganpati Square, in Indore on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Indore: Devotees offer Arghya to the rising sun at Rajwada to mark Gudi Padwa, the Hindu New Year, during an event in Indore on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Lucknow: A devotee offers Arghya to the rising sun to welcome the Hindu New Year (Nav Samvatsar) at the Gomti riverbank in Kudiya Ghat in Lucknow on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Bikaner: A teacher applies 'tilak' on a student's forehead during Hindu New Year celebrations at a school in Bikaner on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Photo: IANS)