What is the purpose of celebrating the Sinhalese New Year (Aluth Awuruddha)?

 Various regions in the Indian Subcontinent follows either Solar(based on Sun position) or Lunar ( based on Moon position) Calendar.

Sri Lanka follows Solar Calendar.

This year, New Years of various regions fall very close (13th who follow Lunar) and (14th who follow Solar)

1.Happy Mesha Sankranti

(Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Sri Lanka,TN)

2.Happy Gudi Padwa

(Goa,Maharashtra)

4.Happy Ugadi

(AP, Karnataka, Telangana)

5.Happy Cheti Chand

(Sindhis in India, Pak)

6.Eid Al- Fitr

Let the Chaitra Navratri Celebrations Begins (13th) for Ram Navami (21st).

7.Happy Aluth Awuruddha.