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The Kashmiri Pandit new year on Chaitra shukla pratipada, dedicated to Sharika of Hari Parbat: a thali of rice with walnuts, a coin, a pen, a mirror, curd, bread and the new almanac is laid the night before and shown to each sleeper before sunrise; the walnuts go into the river and yellow rice is offered to the Goddess.
Sources: Navreh, Wikipedia; Upender Ambardar, Navreh: the New Year of Kashmiri Hindus (Kashmir Sentinel, on ikashmir.net) · see Navreh's web