Know the facts about Tamil New Year

• Tamil New Year, marks the the first day of the month of "Sithirai" according to the Tamil Calendar.

• Tamil Calendar follows the saint Thiruvalluvar, who is believed to have born 30 years before Jesus Christ. Hence the present year in Tamil is Thiruvalluvar Aandu 2036.

• This calendar was adopted in government gazette in 1971 and followed in all government offices across Tamilnadu from 1981.

• Thiruvalluvar's "Thirukkural" is a masterpiece of Tamil literature with purest expressions of human thought.
                      
  

• The month of "Sithirai" has a special significance across the working force of Tamilnadu as the contracts and the work agreements are renewed every year on this month.

• This practice is strictly followed across all villages.