Makar Sankranti: Colourful kites fill the sky, devotees take holy dips

With multi-coloured kites filling the sky and devotees taking a dip in holy rivers, India is celebrating Makar Sankranti, which is without doubt one of the most auspicious occasions in a yr that marks the transition of the Solar from Dakshinayan to Uttarayan.

Makar Sankranti, which is noticed on January 14 yearly, is understood by varied names in numerous components of the nation resembling Pongal, Bihu and Maghi.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath provided prayers on the Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur on the event whereas devotees in Varanasi and Uttarakhand took holy dips within the Ganga river.

In Bhopal, the Municipal Company of Sensible Metropolis organised a Makar Sankranti Kite Pageant. Residents gathered in massive numbers, having fun with actions like road cricket, badminton, tug of struggle and kite flying.

Devotees in Bihar carried out rituals at Gandhi Ghat, Patna on the event.

In Punjab, the place the pageant is known as Maghi, devotees took a dip within the 'Sarovar' on the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Devotees and hermits in West Bengal had been seen performing rituals round Gangasagar at South 24 Parganas and the Hoogly river.

In Tripura, girls adorned homes with vibrant 'alpanas', to have fun 'Poush Sankranti', whereas folks in Assam celebrated it as 'Bihu'.

Leaders throughout the nation, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, prolonged their greetings to countrymen on the event.

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