Cheti Chand

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Cheti Chand is the Sindhi New Year festival that commemorates the birth of Jhulelal, the community’s revered patron saint.

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Cheti Chand canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu festival
Sindhi New Year
festival
alsoKnownAs Jhulay Lal Jayanti
Sindhi Cultural Day
surface form: Sindhi New Year
approximateGregorianMonth April
March
associatedDeity Varuna
associatedWithCommunity Sindhi people
calendar Hindu lunisolar calendar
commemorates birth of Jhulelal
countryOfOrigin India
culturalSignificance expresses gratitude for protection and prosperity
marks beginning of Sindhi calendar year
devotionalFocus Jhulelal as Ishta Dev of Sindhis
diasporaObservance celebrated in India
celebrated in Pakistan
celebrated in the Middle East
celebrated in the United Kingdom
celebrated in the United States
fallsInMonth Chaitra
featuresActivity aarti
bhajans
charity
community feasts
prayers
processions
visits to Jhulelal temples
foodTradition preparation of festive vegetarian dishes
hasRitual carrying decorated kalash to water bodies
lighting lamps
offering prayers at rivers or seas
recitation of Sindhi aartis
honors Jhulelal
musicAndDance devotional songs in Sindhi
traditional dances
observedBy Sindhi people
surface form: Sindhi Hindus

Sindhi diaspora
patronDeity Jhulelal
regionOfSignificance Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Pakistan
Rajasthan
Sindh
religiousTradition Hinduism
socialAspect community events
family gatherings
symbolicElement baharana sahib
water rituals
timingDescription first day of the Sindhi month of Chet
typeOfCelebration New Year celebration

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Sindhi people celebrates Cheti Chand
Gudi Padwa relatedFestival Cheti Chand
Navreh relatedFestival Cheti Chand
Chaitra month associatedWithFestival Cheti Chand
subject surface form: Chaitra
Jhulelal majorFestival Cheti Chand