The food prepared and shared during Makar Sankranti represents the bounty of the new harvest and is a way to thank nature for the abundant crops. Pongal is cooked in new pots in Tamil Nadu and ...

Kurnool: In Kurnool and Nandyal, Sankranti is celebrated in a more subdued manner, as it falls during a non-agricultural season. Unlike other parts of the state where crops are harvested by ...

signifying the gathering of various winter crops. The harvest festival is also known by other names in different states. Uttarayana Punyakala, Makara Sankranti Festival, Maghe Sankranti ...

Harvest season begins around the country ... kite flying is a major highlight during Makar Sankranti, symbolizing freedom and joy. Holy Dips: Devotees take dips in sacred rivers like the Ganges ...

Pongal is celebrated during the harvest festival of Sankranti, a time of thanksgiving to nature for the bounty of crops and a marker of the sun's northward journey, or uttarayana, according to ...

“Ariselu is mainly prepared during Sankranti from the first harvest. It is made with soaked ... farmers have sowed and expect that the future crops will also be as bountiful,” adds Chef ...

Celebrated to mark the harvesting of winter crops like sugarcane, symbolizing abundance and prosperity. It highlights the region’s agrarian culture. Farmers thank the sun and the earth for a ...

It is also known as Sankranti, which represents the ... a harvest festival celebrated in South India. As a major crop harvested during this time, sugarcane symbolizes the agricultural abundance ...

Makar Sankranti 2025: Makar Sankranti will be ... The traditional festival is closely associated with crop harvest, kite-flying, and cultural festivities. It also marks the beginning of longer ...

Lohri, which marks the harvest ... with Makar Sankranti, Pongal, and other festivals celebrated on the same day. Lohri is celebrated to mark the end of the sowing season of winter crops.