Rationale of celebrating Tamil New Year on the 1st day of Chiththirai

In connection with Tamil New Year today, let me re-post the links of my old articles on why Tamil New Year is celebrated on the first day of Chiththirai.

In English:-

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.in/2012/04/gist-of-my-speech-in-chitthirai.html

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.in/2012/04/how-tamil-new-year-and-pongal-were_20.html

 

In Tamil:-

http://www.tamilhindu.com/2010/01/tamil-new-year-starts-in-chithirai-1/

http://www.tamilhindu.com/2010/01/tamil-new-year-starts-in-chithirai-2/ 

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.in/2012/04/detailed-reply-to-varalaru-dot-com.html

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.in/2012/04/blog-post_12.html