This auspicious day symbolizing the New Year of Hindu Sindhi community worldwide observed with huge fanfare coincides with Gudi Parva, Ugadi, and Vishu as per the Vikram Samvat calendar.
Cheti Chand
Hindu New Year!
Hindu New year is marked world over nearly at the same time period as Easter is marked by Christians and culmination of Ramadan and Eid celebrations. What more evidence can one get that We are all ONE despite different practices, regions and skin tones. Read on to find more as my compilation of a few ways various in which The Hindu New Year celebrations are carried on by different people in their own varied ways yet with a similarity of each following religious practices.
Cheti Chand 2005 in Nairobi (News from the archives)
The pictured news article is scanned from the July 2005 edition of "The Indian" magazine that was published in Hong Kong. Monica Gokaldas served as a voluntary correspondent from Kenya until the magazine ceased publication.
Cheti Chand!
Sindhi New Year : Cheti Chand 23rd March 2023 Ram Mandir, Nairobi Lord Jhulelal is worshipped by the Hindu Sindhis as their Isht Deva ( primary deity) . Pictured here is the murti installed at the Ram Mandir in August 2000. The marble idol was made in Jaipur, India and brought by Late Mrs. Gita … Continue reading Cheti Chand!
जय झूलेलाल/ Jai Jhulelal
Jai Jhulelal! This Sindhi greeting pictured at Ram Mandir, Nairobi on the occasion of Hindu Sindhi New Year Cheti Chand 2023 / Vikram Samvat 2080 Banner designed by Sonia Harjani ( Guided by Monica Gokaldas)
Asian Scene- Sindhi Post Dinner, New Year, The Star, 23rd April
Revisiting A Sindhi community celebration as covered by the media in 2013.
Shree Sanatan Dharam Sabha, Nairobi
SSDS Kenyan Journey : centenary celebrations 1917-2017. A story of a journey through the years with this Hindu temple and its significance on a life.
Cheti Chand at Ram Mandir
Annual celebration of Cheti Chand is precious to each Sindhi. This clip is from a recent event held by Sindhi welfare Scoiety, Kenya.
CHETI CHAND FESTIVAL
The Hindu Sindhis celebrate Cheti Chand as their New year. Since the partition of India only a fraction of Sindhis remained in Sindh territory which came under Pakistan. Thousands of Sindhi families that were forced to abandon their abode during the partition of the country migrated to India and various other parts of the world. Since there is no state that belongs to this growing community, they are recognized as world citizens and have adapted themselves to respective cultures and continents. The uniting factor is their culture that marks Cheti Chand as their day of identity.
CHETI CHAND
The Sindhi New Year is known as Cheti Chand as it is observed at the beginning of the Sindhi Month Chet.
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