Makar Sankranti Information

Makar Sankranti is of great importance to a devote Hindu and is one of the most important dates in the Hindu calendar. Makar Sankranti is considered to be a deity. According to Hindu mythology, the deity Sankranti slayed a sprite called Sankarasur on the day of Makar sankrant Lord Surya (Sun God) is worshiped on this special day.

Every living and non-living being combines with the Brahman and Sun is the Pratyaksha-Brahman or the Brahman that can be seen. A Lot of cooking and serving of delicious food takes place on this day as well. Makar Sankranti is a harvest festival celebrated all around India and what harvest festival goes on without delicious and mouth watering food. Makar Sankranti festival falls on January 14, every year, as per the solar calendar. Both geographic and religious importances are connected with the festival.

On this day, Sun begins to take a trip northwards, by leaving the Tropic of Cancer in order to enter the Tropic of Capricorn. On Makar Sankranti, the largest fair on the face of the earth called Kumbh Mela is held once in twelve years at the holy confluence of Rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati.

The festival of Makar Sankrant habitually coincides with the beginning of the Sun's northward journey (the Uttarayan) when it enters the sign of Makar (the Capricorn). This special festival of Hindu religion falls on the 14th of January every year according to the Solar Calendar. Millions of people take a holy dip in places like Ganga Sagar & Prayag and pray to Lord Sun.