This also marks the end of the winter solstice. People fry kites, light bonfires and enjoy yellow coloured Khichdi on this festival. History- According to a famous legend, Sankranti was a goddess who killed a devil called Shankarasur.
Bhisma Pitamah, a character in Mahabharat also breathed his last on the day of Makar Sankranti. A weekly guide to the biggest developments in health, medicine and wellbeing delivered to your inbox.
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Foods that are good for menstrual health. Delhi and Haryana — Churma of ghee, halwa and kheer are cooked specially on this day. The recipient will sit in a haweli main palace where men sit together and share hookka. Women go to haweli to sing folk songs and give gifts. The day is celebrated with special Rajasthani delicacies and sweets such as pheeni either with sweet milk or sugar syrup dipped , til-paati, gajak, kheer, ghevar, pakodi, puwa, and til-laddoo.
Specially, the women of this region wear black as it absorbs heat the most and observe a ritual in which they give any type of object related to household, make-up or food to 13 married women. The first Sankranti experienced by a married woman is of significance as she is invited by her parents and brothers to their houses with her husband for a big feast. People give out many kind of small gifts such as til-gud jaggery , fruits, dry khichadi, etc.
Kite flying is traditionally observed as a part of this festival. Celebrated in Tamil Nadu, this is a grand festival of four days. The festival is celebrated four days from the last day of the Tamil month Maargazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai. Here is a detailed description of the four days of celebration. This same festival is known as Kicheri in Uttar Pradesh and involves ritual bathing. There is a compulsion to bathe in the morning while fasting; first they bathe then they eat sweets such as til ladoo and gud laddo known as tillava in Bhojpuri.
Uttarayan, Maghi, Khichdi are some other names of the same festival. Makar Sankranti is the festival of til-gul where sesame and jaggery laddoos or chikkis are distributed among all.
The festival Makara Sankranthi is a solar event making it one of the few Hindu festivals which fall on the same date in local calendars every year: 14 January, with some exceptions when the festival is celebrated on 15 January. Makar Sankranti is believed to be a time for peace and prosperity. The day is regarded as important for spiritual practices and accordingly people take a holy dip in rivers, especially Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery.
The bathing is believed to wash away sins. Makar or Makara Sankranti is celebrated in many parts of South Asia with some regional variations. It is known by different names and celebrated with different customs in different parts of the region.
The festival is one of bonding where every member of society is asked to bury the hatchet with enemies and foes and live in peace. Makar Sankranti generally marks the beginning of the Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh while in South India, in Kerala, one of the most austere and difficult pilgrimages of Shabrimala ends on this auspicious day.
Other parts of the country too, celebrate by taking a dip in the holy rivers flowing through states to cleanse themselves of sins. It is also believed that if you die during Makar Sankranti, you are not reborn but go directly to heaven. Thai is the first month of the Tamil Almanac, and Pongal is a dish of sweet concoction of rice, moong dal, jaggery and milk. This festival is celebrated by one and all as it is non-relevance to any particular religious faith.
The whole Tamil population of the world celebrate it without any differences. It is celebrated on the first day of the month Thai of the Tamil calendar. The festival is a thanks giving ceremony in which the farmers celebrate the event to thank the spirits of nature spirit, the Sun and the farm animals for their assistance in providing a successful harvest. The rest of the people celebrate the festival to pay their thanks to the farmers for the production of food.
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