August 26, 2020

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Makarsankranti is one the most known festival in India, it is celebrated when the sun rises. The special thing of this festival is that it is celebrated on January 14 every year, when the sun passes through the Tropic of Capricorn on Uttarayan.

Sometimes it is celebrated one day before or after, i.e. on 13 or 15 January, but it happens rarely. MakarSankranti is directly related to the geography of the Earth and the position of the Sun. Whenever the sun comes on the Makar Rekha, the day is January 14, so on this day, the festival of MakarSankranti is celebrated.

From the astrological point of view, on this day, the Sun enters Capricorn except Sagittarius and the movement of Uttarayan of Sun starts.

The festival of MakarSankranti is celebrated differently in different areas of India. In Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka it is called Sankranti and in Tamil Nadu it is celebrated as Pongal festival. In Punjab and Haryana, new crop is welcomed at this time and Lohri festival is celebrated, whereas in Assam, this festival is celebrated with enthusiasm as Bihu. Its name and manner of celebration varies in each province.

According to different beliefs, the dishes of this festival are also different, but lentils and rice khichdi have become the main identity of this festival. Especially eating khichdi with jaggery and ghee is important. Apart from this, sesame and jaggery also have great importance on MakarSankranti. On this day, getting up early in the morning and bathing with sesame seeds is done. Apart from this, sesame and jaggery laddus and other dishes are also made. At this time, Suhagan women also exchange the contents of Suhag. It is believed that this makes her husband's life longer.

MakarSankranti is also called the festival of bath and charity. On this day, bathing in the pilgrimage and holy rivers is of great importance, as well as donating sesame, jaggery, khichdi, fruit and zodiac, one gets virtue. It is also believed that Surya Devat is pleased with the donation made on this day.

Apart from all these beliefs, the festival of MakarSankranti is an added excitement. On this day, flying kites also has special significance and people do kite flying with great joy and gaiety. On this day big kite flying events are also organized at many places.