#🪁ପବିତ୍ର ମକର ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତିର ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା🎊🪁 #🌞ମକର ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି ସେଲିବ୍ରେସନ🥳 #🪁ମକର ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି ଷ୍ଟାଟସ🪔🤗 Happy Makara Sankranti 🙏🏻🌄🌿🌺💐 Makara Sankranti also referred to as Uttarayana, Makara, or simply Sankranti, is a Hindu observance and a mid-winter harvest festival in India and Nepal. It is typically celebrated on the 14 January annually (15 January on a leap year), this occasion marks the transition of the sun from the zodiac of Sagittarius (dhanu) to Capricorn (makara). As this transition coincides with the sun's movement from south to north, the festival is dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, and is observed to mark a new beginning. Across India, the occasion is celebrated with numerous multi-day festivals. Makar Sankranti is observed with social festivities such as colourful decorations, children going house to house singing and asking for treats in some rural areas, melas (fairs), dances, kite flying, bonfires, and feasts. The Magha Mela is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Many observers go to sacred rivers or lakes and bathe in a ceremony of thanks to the Sun. Every twelve years, the Hindus observe Makar Sankranti with Kumbha Mela – one of the world's largest mass pilgrimage, with an estimated 60 to 100 million people attending the event. At this event, they say a prayer to the Sun and bathe at the Prayagaraj confluence of the River Ganga and River Yamuna, a tradition attributed to Adi Shankaracharya. Makar Sankranti is a time of celebration and thanks giving, and is marked by a variety of rituals and tradition.