WhatsApp users can send stickers to their family and friends on various festivals and occasions. Now WhatsApp is enabling users to send stickers on the occasion of Ugadi. Users will be able to download the latest stickers of Ugadi theme and can share it with their family and friends. Follow these simple steps to send WhatsApp stickers to wish Ugadi For Android users Step 1: At first you have to open WhatsApp and then tap on the smiley button to access the existing stickers pack. Step 2: Now you will find the stickers icon which is beside the GIF button. Step 3: Now tap on the stickers' icon which will take you to the sticker store that has all different sticker packs. Step 4: After this scroll down to the bottom of the page and then click 'Get more stickers' options to get the new Ugadi stickers Step 5: Once you click on the option it will take you to the Google Play Store. Step 6: You will find various sticker apps and from the list, you can download the Ugadi stickers Step 7: Once you complete the download you have to open the app and tap on the 'Add to WhatsApp' option Step 8: After the process is complete you will have access to the Ugadi stickers in WhatsApp and can also share them with your contacts. For iPhone users Step 1: The iPhone users don't have the option of downloading any new stickers from the App store but they can still send Ugadi stickers to their friends. Step 2: If you own an iPhone and you receive any Ugadi sticker, then you mark the received sticker as Favourite Step 3: After marking a sticker as a favourite you will be able to share it with your friends. To mark a sticker Favourite you need to long press a sticker and then tap on the Star option Step 4: Once you click on the stickers option placed in the text bar. Then you will find a star icon under which you will have all the favourite marked stickers that can be shared with your family and friends.<doc-sep>tech2 News Staff Every 17 April of the year is celebrated as Mahavir Jayanti. The day celebrates the birth of Mahaveer, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara of Avasarpini. And one of the most modern ways of celebrating the festival is surprising with WhatsApp stickers in line with the theme. And so, here's a quick and easy way to add the festive-themed stickers to your WhatsApp. To get started, open any WhatsApp chat, tap on the emoticon icon, and then the sticker icon below. Then, next to the carousel of all your added stickers, you will see a '+' icon. Hit that. Now, on the All Stickers tab, scroll down to the extreme bottom, where you will see the Get More Stickers shortcut to the Play Store. Once you are in the store, you can search Mahavir Jayanti stickers, which will suggest you a whole list of sticker apps. Notably, though, not all the suggestions that show up are genuine. Many of them are just apps with a bazillion ads in them, and they don't even offer genuine stickers. Once you have chosen the app you want, install it and hit open. Launching the app will show the categories of stickers that the app offers, you can add the ones you want by tapping the '+' sign next to each category. Now, when you go back to your WhatsApp, you will see the added stickers in the carousel on top when you tap on the stickers icon. Happy Mahavir Jayanti to everybody!<doc-sep>New Delhi [India], Apr 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to micro-blogging site Twitter on Saturday to greet the people on the auspicious day of Ugadi, a festival that marks the New Year for the people of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. “I pray that this auspicious occasion leads to the fulfilment of all your aspirations. May everyone be blessed with happiness and best health,” said PM Modi in a tweet. In Hyderabad, people welcomed the Telugu New Year by decking up their houses and temples with mango leaves and flowers. As a part of the celebration, people devour Ugadi Pachadi (Ugadi Pickle), made of raw mango, neem flowers, pepper, jaggery, salt and tamarind juice, which signifies that the life as a mixture of happiness, anger, disgust, sadness, fear and surprise. "As per Telugu panchangam [calendar], today is the first day of the Telugu year named "Vikari". On this day, Telugu Devotees around the world visit temples and consumes Ugadi pachadi,” Grish Kulkarji, a priest of a temple in Hyderabad told ANI. "Ugadi is New Year for Telugu people and every year we visit the temple to pray before Lord Balaji,” said Swetha Kunal, a devotee. (ANI)<doc-sep>The flavours of Ugadi Pachadi, the festival drink of Andhra and Telangana The refreshing summer drink is a combination of six different flavours: spice, salty, sweet, two types of sour and bitter. Features Food The spring season is here and so are Indian festivals. Ushering the New Year, these festivals are celebrated across the country, bidding farewell and welcoming a promising year ahead, albeit in different names. Ugadi, as it’s commonly called across Andhra, Telangana and certain parts of Karnataka, is a joyful celebration that marks the start of the spring season. And so, the traditions and customs associated with it that are intricately connected to the nature. Like every other Telangana festival, Ugadi is rich in its culinary delicacies. Food is prepared with six different flavours - sweet, salty, two types of sour, bitter and spice. From sweet and tangy mango pachadi and crispy Obbatu flatbreads to spicy Kodhimbir vada and sesame ladoos - the varieties are many, but it's the Ugadi Pachadi, a refreshing summer drink, that tops them all. An amalgam of six different tastes, people traditionally begin Ugadi celebrations with the Ugadi Pahchadi, a translucent drink made of raw mango, tamarind, neem flowers, jaggery, salt, green chillies and water. Pachadi in Telugu literally translates to chutney, a dish that tends to represent a variety of flavours. According to folklore, the unique mixture symbolises the happiness and sorrow of life. Siri Rani, a cooking enthusiast and a homemaker, says, “Ugadi pachadi is made up of six tastes - kaaram, uppu, teepi, vagaru, chedu, pulupu (spice, salt, sweet, bitter and two types of sour). According to the Hindu mythology, during the evolution of the cosmos, Brahma commenced the creation of the world on the day of Ugadi. Ugadi is hence considered an auspicious day for new beginnings in life. It is also believed that the first flavour that touches your taste buds while gulping down the drink will decide the fate of course of events in your life for the rest of the year. If it’s the sweetness of jaggery that first hits, it’s a sign of a prosperous year ahead. But if it’s the bitter neem flowers that you first bite on, the year may come along with its own share of bittersweet experiences." For the same reason, Ugadi Pachadi is the first delicacy that is consumed on the day of the festival, even before coffee. The preparation is typically consumed early in the morning on an empty stomach. The proportions of ingredients in the drink are decided according to the six tastes of life. Jaggery stands for happiness, neem flowers is for sorrow while tamarind denotes disgust and mango is for surprise. Green chillies represent anger and salt stands for fear. Explaining the recipe, Bhavani, a home maker, says that each ingredient added is freshly brought from the shop, including the jaggery, which is a crucial element in the drink. “It isn’t difficult to guess why jaggery forms the major component in Ugadi Pachadi. Similar to how we wish only for happiness in our lives, jaggery is added in larger proportions while neem flowers, tamarind paste and raw mangoes are taken in quarters. The jaggery is then cut or grated into fine powder. To separate the neem flowers from the whole flower, take the neem flowers into your hand and rub them between your palms. Chop chillies into fine pieces and add salt according to taste. It is then mixed in water, and stored in earthen pots. The drink is quite an elixir during summer and perfectly balances the taste of other dishes prepared during the festival,” says Bhavani. While in Telangana, jaggery is the only sweet ingredient, people in Andhra sometimes add pieces of banana for sweetness, says Renuka, a dentist and also a culinary expert. The pachadi is not just a festive drink but also holds some value as a health supplement. “While neem has anti-fungal properties, raw mango and tamarind fights infections. As summer marks the outbreak of many diseases, Ugadi pachadi is a cleanser," Renuka says. Siri Rani adds, “While mythology has its own tales behind every celebration, there are also so many scientific reasons behind them. Ugadi Pachadi is a perfect drink for the season and I believe our forefathers cared less for the lore and more on how they could beat the summer heat. But scientific reasons never let people believe in them completely until there are traditions and customs associated to it, or maybe a dollop of mythology as well."<doc-sep>
tech2 News Staff On 6 April, which is today, India is celebrating three significant festivals – Chaitra Navratri, Ugadi, and Gudi Padwa – all three of which mark the beginning of a new year according to the Hindu calendar. And so, to celebrate this day, we bring you a quick and easy way to add the festive-themed stickers to your WhatsApp. To get started, open any WhatsApp chat, tap on the emoticon icon, and then the sticker icon below. Then, next to the carousel of all your added stickers, you will see a '+' icon. Hit that. Now, on the All Stickers tab, scroll down to the extreme bottom, where you will see the Get More Stickers shortcut to the Play Store. Once you are in the store, you can search 'Chaitra Navratri', 'Gudi Padwa' or 'Ugadi' to get the corresponding stickers. However, we would like to point out that not all the suggestions that show up are genuine. Many of them are just apps with a bazillion ads in them, and they don't even offer genuine stickers. Therefore, to make your job easy here is a pick of some of the apps we found on the store that have genuine WhatsApp stickers for the theme. There is the Chaitra Navaratri stickers app by mymandir, which has Navratri, Gudi Padwa and Ugadi stickers that you can choose from, then there is Gudi Padwa Stickers WhatsApp app by Aakash Patel4. Once you have chosen the app you want, install it and hit open. Launching the app will show the categories of stickers that the app offers, you can add the ones you want by tapping the '+' sign next to each category. Now, when you go back to your WhatsApp, you will see the added stickers in the carousel on top when you tap on the stickers icon. Happy festivities y'all!