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Makar Sankranti Greetings: Uttarayana Wishes, Picture Cards

Makar Sankranti Greetings

Makar Sankranti Greetings: It’s Makar Sankranti! On this day the Sun begins its northward journey called the Uttarayana. Celebrate the auspicious day with your friends, family and loved ones. Wish them happiness with warm and elegant ecards from our site. Makar Sankranti Greetings Makar Sankranti Greetings: History Sankranti is deemed a Deity. As per the legend Sankranti killed a devil named …

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Makar Sankranti Wishes, SMS Messages For Facebook, Whatsapp

Makar Sankranti Wishes

Makar Sankranti Wishes: Sankranti means to go from one place to another place (transition of places). It also confluence and Makar means Capricorn. So, the time when the sun changes direction from one constellation (of the zodiac) to another, the occasion is known as Sankranti. On this occasion, Sun transits from Sagittarius and goes to Capricorn during the winter solstice …

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Makar Sankranti Quotes For Students

Makar Sankranti Quotes in English

Makar Sankranti Quotes: Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in various parts of India. According to the lunar calendar, when the sun moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in the month of Poush in mid-January, it commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoon …

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Makar Sankranti Customs & Traditions

Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti Customs & Traditions: Makar Sankranti is an important Hindu festival celebrated with religious fervor in almost all parts of India. The festival is celebrated to mark the beginning of the bountiful harvest season after few months of chilly winter. It falls on January 14, every year, as per the Solar calendar. Both geographic and religious significance are associated …

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International Kite Festival Images: Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti

International Kite Festival

International Kite Festival Images: International Kite Festival is held at Ahmedabad on January 14 every year, to coincide with the festival of Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti. Makar Sankranti is a festival that heralds a change of season marking the movement of the sun into the northern hemisphere – a celebration to mark the end of winter. The skies are blue …

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Makar Sankranti Festival Information

Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in various parts of India. According to the lunar calendar, when the sun moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in the month of Poush in mid-January, it commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South …

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Makar Sankranti Images: Thanksgiving Sun God, Gangasagar

Makar Sankranti Images

Makar Sankranti Images: All over the country, Makar Sankranti is observed with great fanfare. However, it is celebrated with distinct names and rituals in different parts of the country. In the states of northern and western India, the festival is celebrated as the Sankranti day with special zeal and fervor. The importance of this day has been signified in the …

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Lohri Quotes: Lohri Wishes, SMS, Facebook Posts & Whatsapp

Lohri Quotes in English

Lohri Quotes for Students: Lohri festival is a very popular Punjabi festival celebrated every year by the people of Punjabi religion in the South Asia. It is considered that it is celebrated in winter on the day when the day becomes a shortest day and the night becomes a longest night of the year. It is celebrated as a harvest …

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Lohri Celebrations: How to celebrate harvesting festival in India

Lohri Celebrations: Hindu Culture & Tradition

Lohri Celebrations: An agricultural festival filled with merry-making, Lohri is celebrated on the 13th of January each year, mainly in the states of Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi and parts of Himachal Pradesh. It denotes the end of the biting colds of winter and marks the sun’s entry into the ‘Makar Rashi’ (north hemisphere). Mainly associated with worshiping the sun and …

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