THE FIRST FESTIVAL

Author : Tanishqua Deshmukh

To mark the first day of the sun’s transition to Capricorn, people in India celebrate Makar Sankranti. This day marks the midwinter end and the duration of the day increases after this day.

With different names in different parts of India, we celebrate Makar Sankranti. In Bengal, the day is famous as Poush Parbon, in Gujarat it is Uttarayan, in Bihar and Jharkhand it is Sukarat. This festival observes the solar cycle while the other Indian festival follows the lunar cycle of the Hindu calendar.

Among all the festivals of Hindu religion, Makar Sankranti is one of the essential festivals of India, that people celebrate with great joy and happiness. Every year on 14thor 15thJanuary, the festival is celebrated depending upon the solar cycle. Everyone starts the day by taking an early morning holy dip in the river and offering prayers to the sun god.

The meaning of the word Makar Sankranti came from two words Makar and Sankranti. The meaning of Makar is Capricorn, and the meaning of Sankranti is the transition, which makes Makar Sankranti as the transition of the sun in the Capricorn (zodiac sign). It is a very auspicious and sacred occasion, according to Hinduism.

The shift of sun into Capricorn keeps divine importance, and according to us Indians, we believe taking a dip in the holy river Ganga washes away all our sins and make our soul pure and blessed. This day signifies the increase of spiritual light and reduces the materialized darkness. According to science, Makar Sankranti has longer days and shorter nights.

There is also a belief that taking a dip in the holy water of ‘Triveni Sangam’ which is the point where three holy rivers met that is Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati at Prayagraj on the day of Makar Sankranti during the time of ‘Kumbh Mela’ has great importance in the Hindu religion. During that time, taking a dip in the holy river washes away all your sins with the flow of the river.


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