Ashadhi Beej-Kutchhi New Year

Ashadhibeej festival is famous in hindu calander.Ashadhi beej is new year for kutchhis.. They expect rain to come and rainy season starts after this. Ashadhibeej is celebrated in Puri with world famous Jagannath puri yatra...people from all over India and now from other countries come to puri to visit the Rathyatra and they do darshan of Lord Jagannathji. Lord Jagganathji move around the city in a traditional procession . Ashadhibeej is celebrated in Gujarat also with lord Jagannathjis rathyatra which is very famous in Ahmedabad.. Ahmedabad used to have communal riots on this day in past because the yatra passes through muslim area who were not liking the yatra. The famous Lord jagannathjis temple has very big preparation for this day. Lakhs of devotees join this yatra and do darshana of lord Krishna-Jaganathji... Kutchhis celebrate Ashadhibeej in a big way as new year .This day they start new corps and rain also starts coming from this day generally. http://kutchhiashadhibeej.com/