BISU CHANGRANDI (KODAVA NEW YEAR)

Bisu Changrandi (Visu Sankramana) is the start of the New Year for Kodavas. It is the first day of the month of Edamyar, around mid-April, and is the New Year’s day in Kerala and Tamil Nadu also.

On Bisu Changrandi day, kani puje (worship of mother earth) is performed in some parts of Kodagu. This is an auspicious day when farmers offer ritual prayers and start ploughing their paddy fields.

Source: from Pattole Palame , p 283