About Makar Sankranti 2017 and its date and time:
Makar Sakranti Indian Festival::
Makar Sankranti or Sankranti is the biggest festival of the Sun,
This day is most important to worship the Sun, and also it is important for worshiping
the Lord Vishnu and Goddess Mahalakshmi, Makar Sakranti a popular Indian festival.
It is believed that Sun changes the position from Dhanu Rashi (Sagittarius) to Makar
Rashi (Capricornus) It is celebrated across the country in different ways with great
zeal and enthusiasm. It is basically celebrated in the Hindu communities by doing
surya pooja and performing some rituals, but every Indian take part in celebrating
this festival. On this day it is believed that every person should take cold water
bath before the sunrise and worship the Sun with the first light on earth.
Makar Sakranti is known by different name in different states. In South this festival
is known as Pongal, In Western India it is known by Makar Sakranti, In East India
it is known as In North India it is known as Lohri. Uttarayan, Maghi, Khichdi are
some other names of the same festival. Few names are as follows:-
Makar Sankranti :- Chhattisgarh, Goa, Odisha, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand,
Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur,Rajasthan,
Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and West Bengal
Pongal, Uzhavar Thirunal: Tamil Nadu
Uttarayan: Gujarat
Maghi: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. The day before, people of Punjab
celebrate Lohri
Bhogali Bihu: Assam
Shishur Saenkraat: Kashmir Valley
Khichdi: Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar
Makara Sankramana: Karnataka
Makar Sakranti is celebrated across the south Asia and also known by different names
in other countries, few names are as follows :-
Nepal: Maghe Sankranti
Thailand: Songkran
Myanmar: Thingyan
Cambodia: Moha Sangkran
Sri Lanka: Pongal, Uzhavar Thirunal
Makar Sakranti is day to donate and worship on this day many families donate and
feed cows with green cow food. Mostly rice dish is prepared across the country and
offered to Lord Sun.
Makar Sakranti is celebrated in different ways in different parts like in Gujarat
and Jaipur people fly kites and make delicious ladoos with gur (Jaggery) and Til,
In UP east and Bihar people send gifts along with chura and Khichdi at their sister’s
house. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangna this festival is celebrated for four days
namely Day 1 as Bhoghi, Day 2- Makar Sakranti (Main Festival), Day 3 – Kanuma and
on Day 4 Mukkanuma, Prior to this day people take their unnecessary belongings out
from the house and destroy them. It is believed that by doing this they kick evil
out of the house.
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