Makar Sankranti: What the harvest festival means in different states of India
13 Jan 2015 1:50 PM IST13 Jan 2015 1:50 PM IST
Makar Sankranti: What the harvest festival means in different states of India
The car used by armed gunmen who stormed the Paris offices of satirical newspaper (Photo: AFP)- A man flies kites on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Gujarat (Photo: PTI)
- People fly kites on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Gujarat (Photo: PTI)
- A woman sells kites during Makar Sankranti celebrations (Photo: PTI)
- Kite sellers selling kites. Kite flying competitions are organised to celebrate Lohri in Punjab (Photo: PTI)
- Women perform 'kikli' to celebrate Lohri in Punjab (Photo: PTI)
- School girls dance in front of a bonfire to celebrate Lohri in Punjab (Photo: PTI)
- Lohri is an extremely popular festival celebrated by the Punjabi people. Traditionally associated with the harvest of the rabi crop, people celebrate Lohri with feasting, exchange of gifts, and songs and dance around bonfires (Photo: PTI)
- Santhal women perform a dance to celebrate Makar Sankranti in West Bengal (Photo: PTI)
- People take a dip in the holy Ganges to purify themselves on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in West Bengal (Photo: PTI)
- A sadhu smokes a 'chillum' at a transit camp in Babughat on the way to Gangasagar ahead of Makar Sankranti, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)
- Women dance Bihu to celebrate Makar Sankranti in Assam (Photo: PTI)
- Villagers participate in community fishing during the Bhogali Bihu celebration at Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, Guwahati (Photo: PTI)
- Offerings of rice are made into a pot to cook Pongal. Pongal is a sweet dish which is made from rice from the first harvest (Photo: PTI)
- Makara Sankranti is known as Pongal in Tamil Nadu and the festivities go on for four days. The harvest festival is celebrated with fervour on the first day of the Tamil month of 'Thai,' with farmers worshipping the 'Sun God' with their agricultural
- Farmers of Chamarajanagar village, Karnataka, celebrate Sankranti festival by jumping over fires along with their bulls (Photo: DC)
- In Karnataka, Makar Sankranti is a festival related to crops. On this day a Shobha Yatra (graceful procession) is carried out. Bulls and cows are decorated. Men wear new clothes and go to meet each other with joy, taking sugarcane, dry coconut,
- Elaborate rangolis are drawn in front of homes to mark the beginning of the harvest festival (Photo: DC)
- In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana women cook Pongal, a sweet dish made from rice from the first harvest, as an offering to the Sun God (Photo: DC)
- Girls take part in Sankranthi celebrations at a school in Rajahmundry (Photo: DC)
- Performers enact a play on Bhogi, the first day of Sankranti, at Shilparamam in Hyderabad (Photo: DC)
- Members of the ‘Gangireddulu’ nomadic tribe sing songs on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Andhra Pradesh (Photo: DC)
Makar Sankranti is celebrated for four days in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Day 1: Bhogi; Day 2: Makar Sankranti, the main festival day; Day 3: Kanuma while the fourth day is Mukkanuma. In this picture women burn wood and old household goods on the
Makar Sankranti: What the harvest festival means in different states of India
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