Washington DC:
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday extended greetings to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities, celebrating festivals like Vaisakhi, Navratri, and Songkran.
“Jill and I send our warmest wishes to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities who are celebrating Vaisakhi, Navratri, Songkran, and the incoming New Year this week. Happy Bengali, Cambodian, Lao, Myanmarese, Nepali, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai, and Vishu New Year,” Joe Biden tweeted.
Jill and I send our warmest wishes to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities who are celebrating Vaisakhi, Navratri, Songkran, and the incoming New Year this week. Happy Bengali, Cambodian, Lao, Myanmarese, Nepali, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai, and Vishu New Year!
— President Biden (@POTUS) April 13, 2021
The occasion signals the onset of the warmer days and the spring season. It is identified by a variety of names in distinctive components of the nation, such as Ugadi in Kannada or Naba Barsha in West Bengal.
Chaitra Navratri or Vasant Navratri is celebrated in the course of the spring season in India and it is regarded to be an essential nine-day celebration for the Hindu neighborhood.
This year Chaitra Navratri is becoming celebrated from April 13 to April 22. The festival is a great deal like Maha Navratri, devoted to the nine distinctive types of Goddess Durga, collectively identified as Navdurga.