Today
marks
the
auspicious
festival
of
Gudi
Padwa
which
marks
the
New
Year
for
the
Maharashtrian
community.
Bollywood
actor
Madhuri
Dixit
recently
went
down
on
a
memory
lane
and
recalled
celebrating
Gudi
Padwa
with
her
family.
The
Dhak
Dhak
Girl
revealed
that
since
her
mother
is
from
Ratnagiri,
she
remembers
celebrating
the
festival
in
the
city
with
her
maternal
grandparents.
The
actor
spoke
to
ETimes
about
the
same
and
revealed
that
she
remembers
waking
up
to
the
cuckoo's
singing
on
the
morning
of
Gudi
Padwa
at
her
grandparent's
home.
Madhuri
mentioned
how
she
and
her
cousins
used
to
select
the
bamboo
for
the
Gudi
which
later
they
used
to
decorate
with
flowers
and
edible
necklaces
made
from
sugar.
The
Dil
To
Pagal
Hai
actor
then
added
how
they
used
to
hoist
the
Gudi
outside
their
home
and
worship
the
same.
Madhuri
further
said
that
at
sunset,
her
family
used
to
bring
the
Gudi
down
and
still
celebrate
the
same.
Apart
from
this,
Madhuri
also
recalled
how
her
grandfather
encouraged
them
to
celebrate
the
festival
in
a
traditional
manner
and
uphold
their
culture.
She
said
how
her
grandfather
used
to
make
them
rub
cow
dung
on
the
floor
to
make
it
pure.
The
actor
revealed
that
since
they
had
their
own
cows
and
buffaloes,
their
milk
was
in-house
as
well
through
which
they
used
to
make
shrikhand
at
home.
Madhuri
remembers
drawing
rangoli
in
which
the
Gudi
used
to
be
placed.
The
Hum
Aapke
Hain
Koun
actor
further
mentioned
how
she
used
to
pluck
some
leaves
from
a
Neem
tree
near
their
home
which
used
to
be
later
grated
by
her
grandmother.
Her
grandmother
used
to
put
cumin
seeds
on
the
same
and
make
her
eat
them
which
she
did
not
resist
even
though
it
was
bitter.
Madhuri
Dixit
remembered
that
the
best
part
of
the
celebrations
was
by
getting
together
with
the
whole
family.
She
recalled
her
mother
buying
traditional
earrings
for
her.
The
actor
spoke
about
the
current
pandemic
situation
and
said
that
one
should
pray
that
the
New
Year
should
bring
normalcy
again
in
people's
lives
as
today
the
pandemic
has
gone
on
to
displace
lives.