It is the beginning of the harvest season
It is the beginning of warmer and longer days than nights.
It is the festival of Sun God also of Srasvati puujaa
- IT IS CALLED ---
- Makar Sankranti in - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Sikkim, J
harkhand , Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,Manipur,Orissa , Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. - Uttarayan - in Gujarat and Rajasthan
- Maghi - Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
- Lodi - Punjab
- Pongal - Tamil Nadu
- Magh Bihu - Assam Valley
- Shishur Sankraat - Kashmir Valley
- Makar Vilakku - Sabari mala (Kerala)
- In Nepal- Maghi Sankranti
- In Thailand - สงกรานต์ Sonkran
t - In Laos - Pi Ma Lao
- In Myanmar - Thingyan
- In Cambodia - Moha Sangkran
- This is end of 'negativities' and beginning of an era of righteous living because
- on this day Lord Vishnu ended the terror of the Asuras(Demons)
- On this day Maharaja Bhagiratha,brought Ga
nga down to the earth - On this day Bhishm,declared to leave his mortal body
- Millions of people take a dip in places like Ganga Sagar (the point where the river Ganges meets the Bay of Bengal) and Prayag and pray to the Sun God (Surya) and by flying thousands and thousands of beautiful kites thinking they are reaching SUN GOD by their kites
- This day is the worship for the departed ancestors also .
- At night bone fires are lit by getting rid of useless house hold things and people sing and dance around the bone fire and wish good luck by distributing sweets to each other ----
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