Quote Originally Posted by Sudhaama View Post
I have already described hereabove... in the previous pages, analytically...

...in the Global perspective... comparing other Calendars...

.......

..Only in case of Malayalam Calendar Chiththirai is not their New year month...

...although they Celebrate the Tamil New year day as CHITHTHIRAI VISHU.

But Bengali and Oriya New Year days are same as...

...Tamil New Year day... on the first date of Chiththirai month.
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The influence of Buddhism spread by King Ashoka has created a common festival in the Cholamandal coastal (TN, Andhra, Orissa, Bengal, West Bengal), Srilanka and other Indo-China bordering countries like Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.