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Makar Sankranti - Different States Celebrates In Different Ways

Tuesday, 09 Jan, 2.13 am

Makar Sankranti is celebrated in different manners across India. Bengalis make sweets, Telugus burn old items of the house, Punjabis create a bonfire. In short, the entire nation welcomes the new season of harvest in different styles, but with a single notion of joy.



* A four-day long festival, Andhra Pradesh and Telengana 

People of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana celebrate the festival for four days.



Day two is for the main occasion, Makar Sankranti, which is celebrated with family. People wear new clothes and eat homemade sweet delicacies. Each house dons a rangoli or 'muggu' (Telugu). 





* Sakraat, Bihar and Jharkhand 

People from Bihar and Jharkhand celebrate the festival for two days. They call it Sakraat or Khichdi in their local dialects. 

On the first day of Makar Sankranti, people bathe in ponds and rivers and taste the sweet dishes of the season. The sweet delicacies include a special item called Tilgud, which are small balls made of sesame seed and jaggery. Tilgud is an iconic dish of the festival across India. 

On the second day, which is called Makraat, people celebrate it by having khichdi, a dish made of dal, rice, cauliflower, peas and potatoes.



* Uttarayan, Gujarat 

Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan is major festival for the Gujarati people. The festival lasts for two days much like Sakraat. 

The first day is celebrated on January 14 and is calledUttarayan. The word originates from the course that the Sun takes as it starts to move along the northern sky. The day of Uttarayan is celebrated by flying kites or 'patang'.





* Makar Sankrant, Maharashtra 

Makar Sankranti is a huge celebration in Maharashtra. The whole state bursts with joy and merriment. The festival is celebrated for at least three days. People exchange tilgud, halwa, puran poli. The phrase "til-gul ghya, aani god-god bola", which means "Have tilgud and say sweet words", is said while exchanging the sweets. This exchange of sweets is traditionally known to be an indication of truce between enemies.

The first day is known as Bhogi, the second as Sankrant and the third day is known as Kinkrant. 

Apart from being recognised a festival celebrating harvesting in India, Sankrant in Maharashtra also celebrates the triumph of Goddess Sankranti over demon Sankarasur. Women, clad in black clothes, get together and apply Haldi-Kumkum (turmeric-vermillion) and exchange gifts in form of clothes and utensils. 

Makar Sankrant also honours the deity of education, Goddess Saraswati, and the ancestors.





* Poush Parbon, West Bengal 

Mouth-watering sweets and the smell of fresh cut rice mark the harvest festival in West Bengal. Puli pithe, paatisapta, maalpoaa, narkel nadu, til nadu are some of the most famous sweet dishes that mark Poush Parbon. Khejurer gur or jaggery made from dates is the iconic item of the Poush Parbon. 

The origin of the word Poush is much like the Tamil word Thai, which comes from the name of the month according to the Bengali calendar. The word Parbon means festival inBengali.

West Bengal is also famous for the traditional Ganga Sagar carnival. Millions of devotees come to the confluence of river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal to bathe before dawn and worship Lord Shiva and Goddess Ganga. The Hindu God of Justice, Dharma, is also worshipped on Makar Sankranti.



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