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Devotees in Jaffna saw in the Tamil New Year with festivities at the Nallur Kandasamy Kovil. |
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Puthandu, or new year falls on the first day of the Tamil month of Chithirai. |
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With some referring to the April festival as an exclusively Hindu and sanskritised holiday, there is debate among Tamil communities as to whether the day truly represents a Tamil New Year. |
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Although socially and politically, a lot more prominence is given to the secular Tamil festival of Thaipongal, Chithirai Puthandu is still widely celebrated by Tamils in the North-East and globally. |
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