Sankranti significance and celebrations. Happy and safe Sankranti!

 Sankranti celebration is praised to adore Surya Devta or Sun god. Ranchers across India pay their appreciation to Sun god and wish for a decent harvest. Did you know, Makar Sankranti is known as Uttarayan in Gujarat and Rajasthan while in Haryana and Punjab the celebration is known as Maghi.

Makar Sankranti is alluded to as perhaps the main celebration of the agro-based nation - India. Food assumes a significant part during Makar Sankranti.

The year 2022 has recently started and we are equipping to praise the initial not many celebrations on the New Year schedule. In India, it is a propitious season as the country is good to go to stamp Makar Sankranti in only a couple of days. One of the most generally praised celebrations of the year, Makar Sankranti marks the finish of winter solstice and start of the period of gather in India. This change brings about hotter and longer days, stopping the cold and unforgiving winter season. It is likewise alluded to as Maghi, Poush Sankranti or essentially Sankranthi in various pieces of the country. The celebration additionally sees territorial twist across India. In Punjab, we observe Lohri, though, in Assam this celebration is called Magh Bihu. Tamil Nadu marks it as Pongal and in Karnataka it's called as makara sankramana.

Every year, Makar Sankranti falls on sun based month of Makara and lunar month of Magha. To this end the celebration is alluded to as Magha Sankranti or Makar Sankranti.

As talked about before, Makar Sankranti is alluded to as perhaps the main celebration of the agro-based nation - India. Assuming that you investigate, you will observe various locales praising the day with various traditions and ceremonies. On this day, individuals get up right on time, take a plunge in the Holy Ganges and proposition their petitions to the Sun God. Then, at that point, we clean and enrich our homes to get thriving. Plus, food assumes a significant part during Makar Sankranti. In Bengal, individuals make pithe-puli and payesh (kheer) with recently gathered rice (notun chaal), new gur (notun gur) and milk. Individuals in Maharashtra pepare puran poil and tilachi ladoo (until ladoo) and disseminate among loved ones. While, in Gujarat, Makar Sankranti is tied in with flying vivid kites and appreciating indulgences arranged with until and gur. Portions of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar get ready khichdi (with recently gathered rice and dal) to check this favorable day. In Karnataka we make sugar figurines of various designs and also the mix of jaggery, sesame , dry coconut , peanut and fried gram(Ellu Bella) is shared to each household. There are old traditions followed in the villages of karnataka.the custom named kicchu hayisuvudu, includes cows, bulls and their lords going through blazes. it is trusted that doing as such will avoid evil and carry best of luck to them.

So how are you planning to celebrate this year's makara sankramana?? Take care and be safe. Have a happy festival.


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