You are ABHISHEK, the head boy of your school. Draft a notice for informing the students that a Kite Flying Competition is going to be held on the day of Makar Sakranti. Ask the students to give their names for participation before 14th January, 2022.
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Makara/Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan or Maghi or simply Sankranti, also known in West Bengal as Mokor Sonkranti, and in Nepal as Maghe Sankranti, 'Sankranti' here means ‘transfer’, this day is considered as the transition day of Sun into Capricorn. Now the sun moves northwards in the Hindu calendar, dedicated to the deity Surya (sun), many native multi-day festivals are organised all over India. It is observed each year the day Sun enters the Capricorn zodiac which corresponds with the month of January as per the Gregorian calendar.[1][2][3] It marks the first day of the sun's transit into Makara rashi (Capricorn).[1][4]
Makar Sankranti
Holy Dip By Devotees in river Ganga on occasion of Makar Sankranti
Also calledUttarayan
Sankranti
Magha
Môkôr Sôṅkrānti
Mela
Maghi
Ghughuti
Bhogi
Sakraat
PongalTypeReligious and cultural, harvest festival, welcome longer days, sun worshipCelebrationsKite flying, bonfires, fairs, Surya Pooja in river, feast, arts, dance, socialization, Cow PoojaDateFirst day of makara masa (15 Jan in leap years; 14 Jan in all other years)FrequencyAnnualRelated toPongal, Maghe Sankranti, Magh Bihu, Maghi, Tusu Festival
Due to the addition of one day in leap years, the date of Makar Sankranti may vary a bit. On leap years it falls on 15 January, otherwise on 14 January.
The festivities associated with Makar Sankranti are known by various names Magh Bihu in Assam, Maghi in Punjab, Maghi Saaji in Himachal Pradesh, Maghi Sangrand or Uttarain (Uttarayana) in Jammu, Sakrat in Haryana, Sakraat in Rajasthan, Sukarat in central India, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh, Ghughuti in Uttarakhand, Dahi Chura in Bihar, Makar Sankranti in Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal (also called Poush Sankranti), Uttar Pradesh (also called Khichidi Sankranti), Uttarakhand (also called Uttarayani) or as simply, Sankranti in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,[5][6] Maghe Sankranti (Nepal), Songkran (Thailand), Thingyan (Myanmar), Mohan Songkran (Cambodia), and Shishur Senkrath (Kashmir).[citation needed] On Makar Sankranti, the Sun god is worshipped along with Lord Vishnu and goddess Lakshmi throughout India.[7]
Makar Sankranti is observed with social festivities such as colourful decorations, rural children going house to house, singing and asking for treats in some areas,[8] melas (fairs), dances, kite flying, bonfires and feasts.[6][9] The Magha Mela, according to Indologist Diana L. Eck, is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.[10] Many observers go to sacred rivers or lakes and bathe in a ceremony of thanks to the sun.[10] Every twelve years, the Hindus observe Makar Sankranti with Kumbha Mela – one of the world's largest mass pilgrimage, with an estimated 60 to 100 million people attending the event.[10][11][12] At this event, they say a prayer to the sun and bathe at the Prayagaraj confluence of the River Ganga and River Yamuna,[10] a tradition attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.[