. . "Tamil New Year" . "Puthandu (Tamil Putt\u0101\u1E47\u1E6Du), better known as Tamil New Year, is the celebration of the first day of the Tamil new year in mid-April by Tamils in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in India, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka, and by Tamils in Malaysia, Singapore, R\u00E9union and Mauritius. On this day, Tamil people greet each other by saying \"Putt\u0101\u1E47\u1E6Du v\u0101\u1E3Bttukka\u1E37!\" ( \u0BAA\u0BC1\u0BA4\u0BCD\u0BA4\u0BBE\u0BA3\u0BCD\u0B9F\u0BC1 \u0BB5\u0BBE\u0BB4\u0BCD\u0BA4\u0BCD\u0BA4\u0BC1\u0B95\u0BCD\u0B95\u0BB3\u0BCD) or \"I\u1E49iya tami\u1E3B putt\u0101\u1E47\u1E6Du nalv\u0101\u1E3Bttukka\u1E37!\" (\u0B87\u0BA9\u0BBF\u0BAF \u0BA4\u0BAE\u0BBF\u0BB4\u0BCD \u0BAA\u0BC1\u0BA4\u0BCD\u0BA4\u0BBE\u0BA3\u0BCD\u0B9F\u0BC1 \u0BA8\u0BB2\u0BCD\u0BB5\u0BBE\u0BB4\u0BCD\u0BA4\u0BCD\u0BA4\u0BC1\u0B95\u0BCD\u0B95\u0BB3\u0BCD)."@en . .