1. India celebrates Sankranti as a Harvest festival, Kite festival and Rangoli (intricate designs drawn in the front yard) festival.
2. Astrologically Makar Sankranti marks the movement of the Sun from Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius) to Makara rashi (Capricorn).
3. This marks the beginning of the Uttarayan that is the northward journey of the Sun considered as the day time for the divine.
4. It is also the time to take a holy bath at a confluence of rivers (Sangam). Makar Sankranti, Uttarayan, Maghi, Pongal and Makar Vilakku are some of the names by which this festival is referred as.
5.This is celebrated 21 days after the winter solstice every year and is based on a solar event unlike the lunar calendar followed by Hindus.
6.This Hindu festival of Sun God holds a great social, geographical, historical and religious significance. This year Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on 14 January 201
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| Sankranthi Rangoli |
2. Astrologically Makar Sankranti marks the movement of the Sun from Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius) to Makara rashi (Capricorn).
3. This marks the beginning of the Uttarayan that is the northward journey of the Sun considered as the day time for the divine.
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| Surya Bagvan |
4. It is also the time to take a holy bath at a confluence of rivers (Sangam). Makar Sankranti, Uttarayan, Maghi, Pongal and Makar Vilakku are some of the names by which this festival is referred as.
5.This is celebrated 21 days after the winter solstice every year and is based on a solar event unlike the lunar calendar followed by Hindus.
6.This Hindu festival of Sun God holds a great social, geographical, historical and religious significance. This year Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on 14 January 201
Happy Sankranthi.........................
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