Uttarayan

E114661
Hindu festival kite festival regional festival

Uttarayan is the Gujarati celebration of the Hindu festival Makar Sankranti, marked by large-scale kite flying and the transition of the sun into the northern hemisphere.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Uttarayan canonical 5
Uttarayan (meaning ‘northward journey’ in Sanskrit) 1
Vasi Uttarayan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu festival ⓘ
kite festival ⓘ
regional festival ⓘ
associatedFestival International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad ⓘ
associatedWith Makar Sankranti rituals ⓘ
Surya ⓘ
surface form: Surya (Sun god)
celebratedIn Ahmedabad ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
Rajkot ⓘ
Surat ⓘ
Vadodara ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance community bonding ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ
economicImpact boosts kite-making industry in Gujarat ⓘ
boosts tourism in Gujarat ⓘ
features colorful paper kites ⓘ
glass-coated kite strings (manjha) ⓘ
kite-flying competitions ⓘ
street food stalls ⓘ
followsCalendar Hindu solar calendar ⓘ
governmentAction regulation of manjha use in some areas ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Makar Sankranti ⓘ
surface form: Gujarati Makar Sankranti

Uttarayan Festival ⓘ
Makar Sankranti ⓘ
surface form: Uttarayan Parv
hasContinuation Uttarayan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vasi Uttarayan
mainActivity kite flying ⓘ
music and dancing ⓘ
rooftop gatherings ⓘ
sharing festive foods ⓘ
marks beginning of the sun’s northward journey (Uttarayana) ⓘ
sun’s transition into Makara (Capricorn) ⓘ
musicType Bollywood music ⓘ
Gujarati folk songs ⓘ
occursOn 14 January ⓘ
occursOnOrAround Makar Sankranti ⓘ
partOf Makar Sankranti ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
safetyConcern harm to birds from kite strings ⓘ
injuries from glass-coated kite strings ⓘ
seasonalSignificance end of winter in Gujarat ⓘ
timeOfDay celebrated from early morning till sunset ⓘ
traditionalFood chikki ⓘ
groundnut sweets ⓘ
jalebi ⓘ
til (sesame) sweets ⓘ
undhiyu ⓘ
VasiUttarayanMeaning the day after Uttarayan ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Makar Sankranti → regionalName → Uttarayan ⓘ
Gujarati people → festival → Uttarayan ⓘ
Uttarayan → hasContinuation → Uttarayan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vasi Uttarayan
Maghi → relatedFestival → Uttarayan ⓘ
Uttarayan complex → namedAfter → Uttarayan ⓘ
subject surface form: Uttarayan Complex
this entity surface form: Uttarayan (meaning ‘northward journey’ in Sanskrit)
Sakrat → hasAlternativeName → Uttarayan ⓘ
Gujarat is considered a valuable and prominent state in Western India → hasFestival → Uttarayan ⓘ
subject surface form: Gujarat