[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › The Chait festival # The Chait festival The Chait festival: men and women bathing in the river. This festival is the Hindu New Year's Day festival held on the 1st Chait(March-April), which is the beginning of the Hindu calendar. For observing it, women stand in a tank or river and offer fruit. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1790–1809 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-11-5-1887](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-11-5-1887) · Pramāṇa