It is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils all over. They light bonfires, dance, hold cattle races. The houses boast of ...

Bhogi, a festival marking the beginning of the harvest season, is celebrated in Maharashtra a day before Makar Sankranti. This auspicious day holds immense cultural and spiritual significance ...

Regional Variations Known by different names in different regions like Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Uttarayan, Lohri, Bihu, this harvest festival ... For example, in Maharashtra, people prepare ...

Sankranti, celebrated as a harvest festival across India ... believed to ward off negativity and bring good fortune. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, sesame seed and jaggery sweets also dominate ...

This harvest festival is celebrated as Makar Sankranti ... as Lohri in Punjab and other northern states and as Bhogi in Maharashtra and other southern states. This year, Makar Sankranti will ...

It unites communities to celebrate agricultural prosperity, where farmers thank the harvest and seek blessings for a prosperous year. The festival strengthens familial ... The flames of Bhogi in ...

It marks the arrival of the harvest season and is dedicated ... people take holy dips in rivers to mark the occasion. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, the festival is celebrated as Makar Sankranti ...

Lohri is the first Indian festival of the year. The winter harvest festival is an auspicious day that falls every year in January 13. It is majorly celebrated in Punjab. The festival is associated ...

Pongal is celebrated in other states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh as Makar Sankranti. Whereas, Punjab and Haryana celebrate the harvest festival as Lohri. Celebration ...