MAKAR SANKRANTI

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Makar Sankranti is one of the important festival of Hinduism. It is celebrated in different forms almost all over the country in India. People of Tamil Nadu consider this festival as Pongal. People of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh consider this as Khichdi. The specialty of this festival is that it is celebrated on the same day in the whole country by different names. It is mostly celebrated on 14 or 15 of January. Makar Sankranti is also called as festival of charity. Charity is also an important part of the festival. Donating wheat, rice, and sweets to the needy and poor is part of the festival. It’s a belief, that one who donates with an open heart then God will bring prosperity and happiness in his life and remove every difficulty from the person’s life. That is the reason it is called Khichdi in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. According to Hindu religion, Makar Sankranti festival is dedicated to the Sun Lord. It is considered to be an auspicious day because of its astrological significance. According to Indian astrology, Makar Sankranti is a specific solar day that marks the entry of the sun into the zodiac of Makar or Capricorn. This day also marks the end of winter months in India. After this day, the short winter days start to become longer and the long winter nights start to become shorter.

This festival marks the importance of togetherness and delicacies. The central cuisine of the festival is a dish made up of Til and Jaggery. One of the major sports on Makar Sankranti is kite flying. Everybody takes part in the kite playing with their whole family. We can observe the sky which is full of colourful kites that day.

According to Hindu religion, Makar Sankranti festival is dedicated to the Sun Lord. It is considered to be an auspicious day because of its astrological significance. According to Indian astrology, Makar Sankranti is a specific solar day that marks the entry of the sun into the zodiac of Makar or Capricorn. This day also marks the end of winter months in India. After this day, the short winter days start to become longer and the long winter nights start to become shorter.

There is also a belief that taking a dip in the holy water of ‘Triveni Sangam’ which is the point where three holy rivers met that is Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati at Prayagraj on the day of Makar Sankranti during the time of ‘Kumbh Mela’ has great importance in the Hindu religion. During that time, taking a dip in the holy river washes away all your sins with the flow of the river.

Thus, Makarsankranti is celebrated with a joyous mood across the country. The movement of planets around the sun heralds the onset of this festival which is an integral part of the Indian culture. 


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