Makar Sankranti : Significance in Indian Tradition and Culture
Today is Makara Sankranti an Auspicious day in Hindu Calendar. Since this is my first post here I am going to write some of the facts of Makar Sankranti. Makar Sankranti (also known as Makara Sankranti in Odiya) is a festival day in the hindu Calender that is observed each year in January. This festival is dedicated to The Sun as it marks the first day of sun's transit (uttarayan i.e towards north) into the Capricorn ( Makara) marking the end of the winter month with start of longer and warmer days which signals a change of season (i.e. from Winter to Spring in Indian context). Maker Sankranti is one of the few Indian festivals that is observed according to solar cycles while most of the festivals being observed according to lunar cycles. It almost every year falls on the same Georgian date i.e. January 14th of every year with an exception of 13th or ...