“Makara Sankranthi” is one of the
most popular festivals of Hindus in India, celebrated with the great fervour,
gaiety and devotion. Perhaps, this is the only festivals which fall on same date
every year. It is also known as Kite’s festival and Pongal. The festival
celebrated for 3 days i.e. Bhogi, Sankranthi, Kanuma. People offer thousands of
their colorful oblations to the Sun in the form of beautiful kites.
Bhogi is the festival falls one
day before Sankranthi festival. On this day bonfire is fired, Prayers to God are
done to get blessings, success, happiness and wellness throughout the year.
Hindus take holy bath with neem
leaves and wear new clothes with new thoughts. On the Bhogi day hindus decorate
their homes with flowers, decorative items. They keep the homes clean and paint
their homes with colors. As it is harvest festival, farmers enjoy a lot on the
occasion of this festival.
Makar Sankranti is the day when
the glorious Sun-God begins its ascendancy and entry into the Northern
Hemisphere and thus it signifies an event wherein the Sun-God seems to
remind their children that 'Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya'- may you go higher &
higher, to more & more Light and never to Darkness.
Makara Sankrathi or Pongal indicates
the end of the traditional farming season, giving farmers a break from their monotonous
routine. In fact, three festivals are celebrated for three consecutive days
this week.
To Hindus, the Sun stands for
knowledge, spiritual light and wisdom. Makar Sankranti signifies that we should
turn away from the darkness of delusion in which we
live and begin to enjoy a new life in New Year with bright light within us to
shine brighter and brighter. We should gradually begin to grow in purity,
wisdom, and knowledge even as the Sun does from the Day of Makar Sankranti.
This day of festival is known by
variety of traditions witnessed as one explores the festival in all the states
of India.
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