Navreh

On the eve of the new year, the priest (kulguru) of the family provides a religious almanac (nachipatra) for the next year and a scroll (kreel pach) of the local goddess. Then a customary large plate (thali) is filled with rice and offerings like almanac, scroll, dried and fresh flowers, wye herb, new grass, curd, walnuts, pen, ink container, gold and silver coins, salt, cooked rice, wheat cakes and bread and covered on the eve of Navreh. The offerings represent prayers for food, knowledge and wealth. On the day of the new year, the family members gather together, uncover the thali and view it on the holy day. The walnuts from the thali are dropped in the river as a sign of thanksgiving. Then the family members offer turmeric rice in ghee (tahri) to the goddess at the temple and seek blessings.[3]

• Kashmiri Pandit
• Kashmiri Hindu
• Kashmiri Hindu festivals

• Toshkhani, S.S. (2009). Cultural Heritage of Kashmiri Pandits. Pentagon Press.
• Robert Sewell (15 March 2010). The Indian Calendar – With Tables for the Conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan Into A. D. Dates, and Vice Versa. Read Books Design. ISBN 978-1-4455-3119-9.