Jump to content

Tulu calendar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tulu Calendar(also known as Varsa, Vorsa or Vodu) is a traditional Indian solar calendar, generally used in the regions of Northern Parts ofKasaragodDistrict ofKerala,andDakshina Kannada,UdupiDistricts ofKarnataka,India.The indigenous orTuluspeaking people ofTulu Nadu,Tuluvaswho migrated from this region to other places, are the common followers of this calendar system. The first day of this calendar falls onBisu(middle of theGregorianmonth of April). The first day of a Tulu Month is called as Thingade / Singade and the last day known as Sankrathi Day.

The 12 Tulu month names are:

  1. Paggu (April–May)
  2. Beshya (May–June)
  3. Kaartel (June–July)
  4. Aati (July–August)
  5. Sona (August–September)
  6. Nirnaala/ Kanya (September–October)
  7. Bontyolu (October–November)
  8. Jaarde (November–December)
  9. Peraarde (December–January)
  10. Ponny/Puyinthel (January–February)
  11. Maayi (February–March)
  12. Suggi (March–April)[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^Arthur Coke Burnell (1878).Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century, A. D.: Being an Introduction to the Study of South-Indian Inscriptions and Mss.Trübner & Company, 1878. pp. 76/147.