Most of the New Year festival in different regions of India such as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Bihu in Assam, Baisakhi in Punjab and Ugadi in Karnataka to name just a few actually celebrate the main harvest season and herald the beginning of a new agricultural season.
Assertion (A): There is a close connection between agriculture & culture.
Reason(R): Many of our cultural practices and patterns can be traced to our agrarian background.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.
