{"id":8866,"date":"2023-06-09T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T14:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.mymahotsav.com\/gyanvapi\/makara-sankranti\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T17:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T17:27:49","slug":"makara-sankranti","status":"publish","type":"pauple_helpie","link":"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/gyanvapy\/gyanvapy_wiki\/makara-sankranti\/","title":{"rendered":"Makara Sankranti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Makar Sankranti<\/strong>\u00a0also referred to as\u00a0<strong>Uttarayana<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Makar<\/strong>, or simply\u00a0<strong>Sankranti<\/strong>, is a\u00a0<a title=\"Hinduism\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hinduism\">Hindu<\/a> observance and festival. Usually falling on the date of January 15 annually,\u00a0this occasion marks the transition of the sun from the zodiac of Sagittarius (<em>dhanu<\/em>) to Capricorn (<em><a title=\"Makara\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Makara\">makara<\/a><\/em>).\u00a0Since the sun has made this transition which vaguely coincides with moving from south to north, the festival is dedicated to the solar deity,\u00a0<a title=\"Surya\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surya\">Surya<\/a>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> and is observed to mark a new beginning.\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>Many native multi-day festivals are organized on this occasion all over India.<\/p>\n<p>The festivities associated with Makar Sankranti are known by various names\u00a0<em><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Makara Sankranti\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Makara_Sankranti\">Makara Sankranti<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in Kerala,\u00a0<em><a title=\"Magh Bihu\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magh_Bihu\">Magh Bihu<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in Assam,\u00a0<em>Maghi Saaji<\/em>\u00a0in Himachal Pradesh,\u00a0<em>Maghi Sangrand<\/em>\u00a0in Punjab,\u00a0<em>Maghi Sangrand<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>Uttarain<\/em>\u00a0(Uttarayana) in Jammu,\u00a0<em>Sakrat<\/em>\u00a0in Haryana, Sakraat in Rajasthan,\u00a0<em>Sukarat<\/em>\u00a0in central India,\u00a0<a title=\"Pongal (festival)\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pongal_(festival)\"><em>Pongal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in Tamil Nadu,\u00a0<em>Uttarayana<\/em>\u00a0in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh,\u00a0<em>Ghughuti<\/em>\u00a0in Uttarakhand,\u00a0<em>Dahi Chura<\/em>\u00a0in Bihar,\u00a0<em>Makar Sankranti<\/em>\u00a0in Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal (also called\u00a0<em>Poush Sankranti or Mokor Sonkranti<\/em>), Uttar Pradesh (also called\u00a0<em>Khichidi Sankranti<\/em>), Uttarakhand (also called\u00a0<em>Uttarayani<\/em>) or as simply,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Sankranthi\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sankranthi\"><em>Sankranti<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"Andhra Pradesh\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andhra_Pradesh\">Andhra Pradesh<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Telangana\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telangana\">Telangana<\/a>,<em><a title=\"Maghe Sankranti\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maghe_Sankranti\">Maghe Sankranti<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Nepal),\u00a0<a title=\"Songkran (Thailand)\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Songkran_(Thailand)\"><em>Songkran<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Thailand),\u00a0<em>Thingyan<\/em>\u00a0(Myanmar),\u00a0<em>Mohan Songkran<\/em>\u00a0(Cambodia), Til Sakraat in Mithila, and\u00a0<em>Shishur Senkrath<\/em>\u00a0(Kashmir). On Makar Sankranti,\u00a0<a title=\"Surya\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surya\">Surya<\/a>\u00a0(Hindu solar deity) is worshipped along with\u00a0<a title=\"Vishnu\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vishnu\">Vishnu<\/a>\u00a0and goddess\u00a0<a title=\"Lakshmi\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lakshmi\">Lakshmi<\/a>\u00a0throughout India.<sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Makar Sankranti is observed with social festivities such as colorful decorations, rural children going house to house, singing and asking for treats in some areas,<sup id=\"cite_ref-PuriNesbitt2013p34_12-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0<em>melas<\/em> (fairs), dances, kite flying, bonfires, and feasts. The\u00a0<em>Magha Mela<\/em>\u00a0is mentioned in the Hindu epic\u00a0<em><a title=\"Mahabharata\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahabharata\">Mahabharata<\/a><\/em>. \u00a0Many observers go to sacred rivers or lakes and bathe in a ceremony of thanks to the sun.Every twelve years, the Hindus observe\u00a0<em>Makar Sankranti<\/em>\u00a0with\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Kumbha Mela\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kumbha_Mela\">Kumbha Mela<\/a> \u2013 one of the world&#8217;s largest mass pilgrimage, with an estimated 60 to 100 million people attending the event.\u00a0At this event, they say a prayer to the sun and bathe at the\u00a0<a title=\"Triveni Sangam\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triveni_Sangam\">Prayagaraj confluence<\/a> of the River Ganga and River Yamuna,\u00a0a tradition attributed to\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Adi Shankaracharya\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adi_Shankaracharya\">Adi Shankaracharya<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-17\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0Makar Sankranti is a time of celebration and thanks giving, and is marked by a variety of rituals and tradition.<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makar Sankranti\u00a0also referred to as\u00a0Uttarayana,\u00a0Makar, or simply\u00a0Sankranti, is a\u00a0Hindu observance and festival. 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