Wishing you all a very very Happy New Year...Welcome to 2014

# Jai Sai Ram #

The New Year signifies that the time has arrived to bid farewell

to the by-gone year and to welcome the New Year. 

Traditionally, the New Year was celebrated on the first of March every year.

However, this date was switched to January 1 as it is considered

to have a more religious significance.

With the growth of the western culture across the globe,

New Year’s Day on January 1 in the Gregorian calendar 

has been one of India’s many celebrations. 

There are different opinions as to when New Year’s Day 

that falls on January 1 in the Gregorian calendar was first celebrated in India. 

Some say that it was observed when the British colonized India 

while others say that its popularity bloomed only after

 the 1940s.