Adv. Bikram Singh Sidhu, a Social Worker in Ludhiana gives million of congratulations to everyone on the auspicious day of Maghi.
Makara Sankranti or Uttarayan or Maghi or essentially Sankranti is a celebration day in the Hindu schedule, committed to the god Surya (sun). It is observed every year in the lunar month of Magha which compares with the period of January according to the Gregorian schedule and is a day the individuals of India and Nepal celebrate their harvest. It denotes the initial day of the sun's travel into Makara rashi (Capricorn), denoting the month's end with the colder time of year solstice and the beginning of longer days. Makara Sankranti is one of only a handful few old Indian and Nepali celebrations that have been observed according to solar cycles, while most festivals are set by the lunar pattern of the lunisolar Hindu calendar. Being a celebration that celebrates the sun-powered cycle, it quite often falls on a similar Gregorian date each year (January 14/15), besides in certain years when the date shifts by a day for that year.
It is also called Uttarayan and has its own historical and religious significance in India.
The festivities related with Makar Sankranti are known by different names, for example, Makar Sankranti in Nepal, Magh Bihu in Assam, Maghi (went before by Lohri) in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, popular among both the Hindus and Sikhs, Sukarat in central India, Thai Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, Ghughuti in Uttarakhand, Makara Sankranti in Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal (likewise called Poush Sankranti), Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh (additionally called Khichidi Sankranti) or as Sankranthi in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Makara Sankranti is observed with social festivities, for example, beautiful decorations, provincial youngsters going door to door, singing and asking for treats in certain areas,melas (fairs), dances, kite flying, huge fires, and feasts. The Magha Mela, as per Diana L. Eck (professor at Harvard University work in Indology), is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharat. Many observers go to sacred rivers or lakes and bathe in a ceremony of gratitude to the sun. Every twelve years(marking one complete transformation of Jupiter around the Sun) the Hindus observed Makara Sankranti with one of the world's biggest mass journeys, with an expected 100 million individuals going to the event. At this occasion, at that time, they express a prayer to the sun and bathe at the Prayaga confluence of the River Ganga and River Yamuna at the Kumbha Mela, a tradition attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.
Makar Sankranti is the date from which the toward the north development of the sun starts. The time frame from Karka Sankranti to Makar Sankranti is known as the Dakshinayan.
On the event of Makar Sankranti, individuals offer their thanks towards the individuals of India over time by worshiping the sun God in different forms. Any commendable deeds or donations during this period establishes more productivity.
- Performing Haldi Kumkum ceremony in a manner that summons the waves of tranquil Adi - Shakti in the Universe to get set off. This aides in creating an impression of Sagun devotion on the mind of a person and improves the Spiritual feeling to God.
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