Lohri is celebrated every year on 13th of January. It is a festival to worship fire. Lohri Festival is celebrated with great pomp in North India. At this time Earth starts moving towards the sun marking the auspicious period of Uttarayan. First Lohri is very important for the newly wed and the new born babies as it marks fertility. At night, people gather around the bonfire and throw til, puffed rice & popcorn into the flames of the bonfire. Prayers are offered to the bonfire seeking abundance & prosperity. People make merry by dancing & singing traditional songs.
Faculty of a private hospital and parents of girls celebrate Lohri to Save the Girl Child in Jalandhar
Girls wait for their turn during Lohri Mela in Ludhiana
Lohri being celebrated at GRD Academy in Ludhiana
Singer Kanwar Grewal performs at Lohri Mela organised by the Malwa Sabhyacharak Manch at Dana Mandi in Ludhiana
Students of SSD Girls College perform a dance during a Lohrifunction at Moti Ram KMV School in Bathinda
A mother with her child during the Lohri celebrations
Girls in jubilant mood at Panjab University celebrating Lohri
Girls wearing traditional Panjabi dresses perform gidda during the Lohri celebrations at the Ramgarhia College for Girls in Ludhiana
Malwa Sabhayacharak Manch Lohri Festival
Mother with their daughters around a bonfire to celebrate Lohri in Karnal
Resident celebrate Lohri around a bonfire and parents of newborn girl children being felicitated in Bathinda
School Students perform a cultural programme to celebrate the Lohri festival in Jalandhar
School Students perform a cultural programme to celebrate the Lohri festival in Jalandhar
Student and staff member celebrate Lohri on the campus of Government Rajindra College Bathinda
Student of Arya Girl Senior Secondary School celebrate Lohri Bathinda
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