Makar Sankranti
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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.
Aliases (5)
- Ghee Sankranti ×1
- Makara Saṅkrānti ×1
- Pongal ×1
- Sankranti ×1
- Thai Pongal ×1
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 |
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 → tilgul (sesame and jaggery sweets) → |
| frequency |
annual
→
|
| hasTheme |
end of winter and longer days
→
renewal and auspicious beginnings → |
| importantLocation |
Ganga Sagar
→
Haridwar → Nashik → 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
→
Magh Bihu → Maghi → Pongal → Sakrat → Thai Pongal → Uttarayan → |
| religion |
Hinduism
→
|
| ritual |
charity
→
holy river bathing → offering of sesame and jaggery → |
| SanskritName |
Makara Saṅkrānti
→
|
| season |
winter
→
|
| typicalDate |
14 January
→
15 January → |
| zodiacSign |
Capricorn
→
|
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Bihar
→
Garhwal ("Ghee Sankranti") → Garhwal → Hinduism → Rajahmundry ("Sankranti") → |
hasFestival |
|
Makar Sankranti
("Pongal")
→
Makar Sankranti ("Thai Pongal") → |
regionalName |
|
Lohri
→
|
relatedTo |
|
Nashik
→
|
religiousFestival |
|
Makar Sankranti
("Makara Saṅkrānti")
→
|
SanskritName |
|
Marathi people
→
|
traditionalFestival |