The one month following it is considered to be very auspicious and is called 'Dhamnurtmasam'. People rise early in the morning, take baths and go on the streets to sing devotional songs. The girls, dressed in beautiful colorful customs, go in groups singing around. Houses and warehouses are cleaned and the front yards of the houses are adorned with rangolies or muggulu, which are beautiful floral design drawn on the floor with rice powder, a fine limestone powder, further decorated with marigold flowers placed on cowdung ball. Karnataka also celebrates this festival in a unique style.
Families visit friends and relatives dressed in colorful clothes.
They exchange sugarcane pieces, a mixture of fried til, molasses, dry coconut pieces, peanuts and fried gram, which signifies that sweetness should prevail amongst them in whatever they do. On this day cows and bulls are washed and their horns are adorned with vivid colors and garlands and are made to jump over a bonfire lit at night. In Maharashtra people visit their friends and relatives and exchange multi coloured sugar and a mixture of fried til and molasses. New utensils are purchased and used for the first time in Hindu houses. Vividly coloured kites dot the skies.