Makar Sankranti

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Hindu festival harvest festival solar festival

Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Makar Sankranti canonical 29
Sankranti 4
Ghee Sankranti 2

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu festival ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ
solar festival ⓘ
associatedFestival Bhogi ⓘ
Kaanum Pongal ⓘ
Kanuma ⓘ
Lohri ⓘ
associatedWith agricultural prosperity ⓘ
harvest season ⓘ
sun worship ⓘ
basedOn solar calendar ⓘ
celebratedIn People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
charitablePractice donation of clothes ⓘ
donation of food ⓘ
donation of sesame and grains ⓘ
countryOfCelebration India ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbolizes spiritual purification ⓘ
symbolizes transition to auspicious period Uttarayana ⓘ
custom bonfires ⓘ
community feasts ⓘ
kite flying ⓘ
deity Surya ⓘ
food khichdi ⓘ
laddoo made of sesame and jaggery ⓘ
pongal ⓘ
Puran Poli ⓘ
surface form: puran poli

tilgul (sesame and jaggery sweets) ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasTheme end of winter and longer days ⓘ
renewal and auspicious beginnings ⓘ
importantLocation Ganga Sagar ⓘ
Haridwar ⓘ
Nashik ⓘ
Allahabad ⓘ
surface form: Prayagraj

Rameswaram ⓘ
marksEvent beginning of Uttarayana ⓘ
transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign Capricorn ⓘ
observedFor thanksgiving for harvest ⓘ
worship of Surya ⓘ
observedInState Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
regionalName Khichdi ⓘ
Bihu ⓘ
surface form: Magh Bihu

Maghi ⓘ
Makar Sankranti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pongal

Sakrat ⓘ
Makar Sankranti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thai Pongal

Uttarayan ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
ritual charity ⓘ
holy river bathing ⓘ
offering of sesame and jaggery ⓘ
SanskritName Makar Sankranti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Makara Saṅkrānti
season winter ⓘ
typicalDate 14 January ⓘ
15 January ⓘ
zodiacSign constellation Capricornus ⓘ
surface form: Capricorn

Referenced by (46)

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

Hinduism → hasFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Marathi people → traditionalFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Makar Sankranti → SanskritName → Makar Sankranti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makara Saṅkrānti
Makar Sankranti → regionalName → Makar Sankranti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pongal
Makar Sankranti → regionalName → Makar Sankranti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thai Pongal
Nashik → religiousFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Bihar → hasFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Rajahmundry → hasFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankranti
Lohri → relatedTo → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Garhwal → hasFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghee Sankranti
Garhwal → hasFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Hindu lunisolar calendar → determinesFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Hindu lunisolar calendar → hasSolarTransition → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankranti
Hindu lunisolar calendar → hasMajorSolarTransition → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Surya (sun) in Hinduism → associatedFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
subject surface form: Surya
Surya → associatedFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Udupi Krishna Matha → majorFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makara Sankranti
pongal → isAssociatedWithFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
subject surface form: Pongal
Uttarayan → hasAlternativeName → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uttarayan Parv
Uttarayan → hasAlternativeName → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gujarati Makar Sankranti
Uttarayan → partOf → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Uttarayan → occursOnOrAround → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Maghi → hasAlternativeName → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Maghi → hasAlternativeName → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maghi Sankranti
Ganga Sagar → festival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Ganga Sagar → timeOfMainFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makar Sankranti period
Bhogi → partOf → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makar Sankranti festival
Bhogi → associatedWith → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Sakrat → hasAlternativeName → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Sakrat → hasAlternativeName → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankranti
Sakrat → regionalNameFor → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Pongal → relatedFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Kanuma → partOf → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Kanuma → relatedFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Rayalaseema → hasFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankranti
Teerthraj Amarkantak → hasFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
West Bengal (Rajasthani community) → celebrates → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Bageshwar → festivalCelebrated → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Kumaoni people → festival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghee Sankranti
Kumaoni people → festival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Chitrakoot district → religiousFestivalObserved → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Marathis → festival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Nepali people → culturalPractice → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maghe Sankranti
Odias → majorFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Santram Mandir → majorFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
Kannada people → traditionalFestival → Makar Sankranti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makara Sankranti