In Punjab where December and January are the coldest months of the year, huge bonfires are lit on the eve of Sankrant and which is celebrated as “Lohari”. Sweets, sugarcane and rice are thrown in the bonfires, around which friends and relatives gather together. The following day, which is Sankrant is celebrated as Maghi. The Punjabi’s dance their famous Bhangra dance till they get exhausted. Then they sit down and eat the sumptuous food that is specially prepared for the occasion.
Students dance around a bonfire during the Lohri Cellebrations at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College for Women in Sector 26 Chandigarh
Students dressed in traditional clothes stand near a bonfire during Lohri celebrations at DAV Public School in Patiala
Sudents and staff of Government Rajindra College celebrate Lohri on the campus in Bathinda
Sufi singer Kanwar Grewal performs during the Lohri Mela at the local grain market in Ludhiana
College girls perform gidha to celebrate Lohri festival in Amritsar on January 13
Girls dressed in traditional attire during the Lohri celebration at a school in Patiala, on January 13
Girls in traditional attire dance around a bonfire as they celebrate Lohri festival in Jammu
Students and staff of a school celebrate Lohri in Mohali on January 13
Students of GCG College, Sector 11, dance in a jubilant mood during Lohri, which marks the culmination of winter in many parts of northern India, in Chandigarh on January 13.
Students of MCM DAV College, Chandigarh, in jubilant mood during the Lohri celebrations held at college campus on January 13
Students perform a traditional folk dance near a bonfire as they celebrate the Lohri festival, inside a college in Chandigarh
Young girls pose as they fly kites during celebrations on the eve of the Lohri festival in Amritsar
Young girls wear traditional Punjabi dress as they perform the giddha during celebrations on the eve of the Lohri festival in Amritsar
A student seen on a swing during celebrations for Pongal, the Tamil harvest festival, at a college in Chennai.
A tourist shows a picture to a camel owner during the inaugural ceremony of International Camel Festival in Bikaner.
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