Makar Sankranti 2010
Thursday 14th January, Makar Sankranti 2010 will be celebrated by Hindus around the world. In India and Mauritius also the festival is celebrated each year as a Festival of Harvest. The festival is also featured as the kite flying celebration.
Hindus in Mauritius, India and other part of the world will fast and cook the famous Kichiri. For the insight, Makar means Capricorn and Sankranti means transition. In a nutshell it means the Transition of the Sun to Capricorn.
What many people do not know is that each month there is a Sankranti! That is a transition to another zodiac sign. However the two famous ones are the Makar Sankranti and the Mesh Sankranti (less known among Mauritian Hindus).
Makar Sankranti is a bit like the Thanksgiving of the USA. It is harvest time and harvest celebration. Different cultures in India celebrate this festival but each one has his own traditional touch to it. On Makar Sankranti, the Gayatri mantra is chanted and prayers to the Sun is performed to ask for blessing.
Legends also says that on Makar Sankranti, the Sun God meets his son Saturn. These two are generally not in good terms based on Hindu mythology. Well that was a little brief about Makar Sankranti. Happy harvest festival everyone.
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Published on Jan 13, 2010 | 9,606 views
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TANUJA Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 7:46 am
SANKRANTI IS FUN
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I LOVE SANKRANTI
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ramesh Reply:
January 15th, 2010 at 8:07 am
i love pithe… which very much delicious..
i love someone who very much sweet…
but that we don’t meet each other……
so,, very sorryful day for me…….
but also very beautiful day as well as all other days….. i pray for her happiness…
i love Makar Sankranti tradition…..
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I MISS SANKRANTI BECAUSE THAT DAY I MEET SOME ONE WHO MISS ME EVERY TIME.
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r Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 9:55 am
@Lata Sharma, hi who is this who missing u on that day reply
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ritesh shotri Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
@r, hai, wish u a very happy makar sankranti
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ramesh Reply:
January 15th, 2010 at 8:07 am
@Lata Sharma, hi wish u a very hapyyyyyyyyy makar sankranti
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Anup Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 3:00 pm
@Lata Sharma, how many years ago was this ever so special sankranti ? and how come that someone isn’t with u now ?
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i love pithe… which very much delicious..
i love someone who very much sweet…
but that we don’t meet each other……
so,, very sorryful day for me…….
but also very beautiful day as well as all other days….. i pray for her happiness…
i love Makar Sankranti tradition…..
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i love Makar Sankranti 2010
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i wait makar……
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i love makar sakrinti
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I LOVE MAKAR SANKRANT BECAUSE THIS DAY IS CELEBRATE ‘TIL GUL GHA ANI GOD GOD BOLA ‘
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i love Sakrinti…..???
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pavan Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
@Sandeep, be afraid of our culture u r dumb HAPPY MAKAR SANKRANTI
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i love shaml… which very much delicious..
i love someone who very much sweet…
but that we don’t meet each other……
so,, very sorryful day for me…….
but also very beautiful day as well as all other days….. i pray for
: makar sakrinti
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I Live Makar Sankrant………….ssssss
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happy makar sankanti
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happyyyyyyyy MAKAR SAKRANTI
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