Makar Sankranti 2020  Date In New Delhi                     Pic :  Happy Makar Sankranti                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Makar Sankranti :                       Makar Sankranti is a famous harvesting  festival of India.   Each year ,It is celebrated on 14 or 15 January ( date according to Hindu calendar). In 2020 ,Makar Sankranti is on 15 January (wed).  Makar Sankranti is called as 'Bhogi', 'Maghi' etc.   Makar Sankranti is also an ancient festival. It was started for the happiness of crops, because when farmers bring their corns after harvesting from farms then they enjoy.  It is celebrated just after  LOHRI .  Date in 2019 : Makar Sankranti was on 14 January in 2019. It was cel

  When is Makar          Sankranti in 2020 ?              15th                      January, 2020                (Wed)                Makar Sankranti 2020  : Makar Sankranti is a famous  Hindu festival.  It is celebrated just after   Lohri  .  In 2020, Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on  15th January . Normally it comes on 14th January every year according to Hindu calendar. It is believed that Sun comes to stay with his son. It marks the end of the winter vacation and coming new long warm days. Other names of Makar sankranti : Makar Sankranti is called with distinct  names in  different states of India. It is called as  'Maghi'  by Hindus and Sikhs. In Maharashtra ,West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh,Goa, it is famous as  'Poush Sankranti'  .Tamil people know it as  ' Thai Pongal'  and in Assamese area it is known as  'Magh bihu'. Celebrations : On this festival Children fly kites in open blue sky. This make

Lohri Festival 2020,Lohri in  Delhi 2020                                                                                                                                                                        Pic :       Lohri festival image                                                                                                                        Lohri :  Lohri is a punjabi festival that is famous for folk dance (bhangra) ,folk songs, bonfire and sweets of sugarcane. It marks the end of winter vacation and long warm days.Lohri is celebrated by men and women at a public place in north India like Punjab,Haryana,DElhi,Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu. A lots of time, Lohri comes on 13 January of each year but sometime it comes on 14 January according to Bikrami calendar. Lohri is celebrated with a bonfire,singing a folk song, dancing to bhangra,eating many sweets that are made from sugarcane. According to Bikrami calendar,

Happy Lohri 2020                                                       Picture-Happy Lohri Image 2020  Related to:  Makar Sankranti (Maghi)  Celebrations:   Bonfire, song and dance (Bhangda) Significance:  Midwinter festival Lohri -  Lohri is a punjabi folk festival that is celebrated on the ending of winter on 13 January every year in north part of India. Lohri marks the end of winter and starting of new longer days . In Bikrami calendar, Lohri is celebrated before one day of Makar Sankranti.  Makar Sankranti is   also known as Maghi .   Lohri falls in the month of Paush.  According to folk people , in ancient times Lohri was celebrated at the end of  winter.   Yet another folklore links Lohri to the tale of  Dulla Bhatti . Dulla Bhatti lived in the Punjab during the reign of Mugal emperor Akbar.  He was  a hero in Punjab, for rescuing Hindu girls from being forcibly taken to be sold in slave market of the Middle East.  He saved two girl