Many Festivals One Name

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1)Makar Sankranti is a popular Hindu festival celebrated on 14th January every year.

2)According to the Hindu calendar, Makar Sankranti occurs when the sun changes its direction northwards from Dhanu Rashi (Sagittarius) to enter the Makar Rashi (Capricorn) in the month of Poush.
3)It is considered as the most auspicious occasion of the season and observed with holy baths in rivers and offering thanks giving prayers to Sun God. Taking a holy dip in sacred River Ganga at Varanasi or Prayagraj on Makar Sankranti is believed to wash all our sins.
4)In Maharashtra, people wish ‘til gul ghya, god god bola’ on ‘Makar Sankranti’ which means "have sweets and talk sweet''. People decorate their homes with ‘rangoli’ and flowers. Married women invite friends/family members and celebrate Haldi-Kunku. Guests are given til-gul and some small gift, as a part of the ritual. Women make it a point to wear black clothes.
5) In Andhra and Telangana, people celebrate Makar Sankranti festival for four days by lighting bonfire, singing, dancing, wearing new clothes and offering traditional foods to ancestors.
6) In Assam, people construct temporary huts from bamboos and leaves prepare the food under the hut and after enjoying the feast they destroy huts the very next morning. Magh Bihu celebration of Assam also includes traditional games like buffalo fighting and pot breaking competition.
7)In Bihar and Jharkhand it is celebrated as Khichdi, people after taking holy bath people eat seasonal delicacies like chura, tilgul, sweets. In night they prepare special dish called Khichdi.
8) In Karnataka, cows and bulls are decorated and are left for grazing in the open field. They are shown as a symbol of harvest festival for the farmers. Girls in southern India wear new clothes and visit to other home of other members of family with offering in a plate having ground nuts, coconut and jaggery. The ritual of exchanging sweets on Makar Sankranti in south India is called “Ellu Birodhu”.
9)In Orissa, on auspicious occasion of Sankranti festival lot of people visit temples and perform ritual practices while fasting. Some people in Orissa prepare makar chula (mixture of rice, banana, coconut, jaggery, rasagola) as an offering to gods and goddesses. People of western Orissa have usual rituals of friendship on the day of Makar Sankranti where the individual tie the friendship band on each other wrists and addresses the other as “Marsad” for a year.
10)Lohri is an official holiday in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir where the festival is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims. In Punjab the harvest festival Lohri is marked by eating sheaves of roasted corn from the new harvest and lighting of bonfire is enjoyed.
11) Every state has its special delicacies prepared for the occasion like Dahi Chura in Bihar, Chikkis in Gujarat, Ghevar in Rajasthan, Pooran Poli in Maharashtra etc.
12)Kite flying tradition is also observed in various parts of the country and many Kite-Flying competitions are also organised on the occasion.
13)Makar Sankranti is somewhat similar to the thanks giving festival celebrated in western part of the world.
14)The day marks the end of the winter season which is known for infections and sickness, early morning sun on the day of festival help people in getting rid of the harmful bacteria.
15)Makar Sankranti has the regional variations and is celebrated with different customs and traditions across India.
Basically, India is a brilliant example of Unity in Diversity. This is how India has people of diverse religions, cultures, castes, etc. and because of this people of India are connected to each other with love and happiness.
Sharing this with you all to give you a little information regarding Indian festivals which are celebrated together across the country on a same day with different names.
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