Hundreds Of Devotees Throughout India Have a good time Makar Sankranti With Fervour

New Delhi:

Hundreds of devotees gathered on the banks of the river Ganga throughout India on Tuesday to have a good time Makar Sankranti 2025, a competition marking the Solar’s transition into Capricorn and the onset of Uttarayan. From Kolkata’s Babughat to Varanasi’s Ganga ghats and Haridwar’s Har Ki Pauri devotees braved the chilly climate to take holy dips and provide prayers.

In West Bengal, devotees carried out rituals at Babughat in Kolkata, taking a holy dip within the river. Equally, the ghats of Varanasi and Patna witnessed massive crowds partaking in conventional practices, with households, together with youngsters, collaborating enthusiastically regardless of the chilly.

In Uttarakhand, devotees gathered at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar to carry out the customary Ganga snan (holy tub) on this auspicious event. In Rajasthan, devotees provide prayers at Balaji temple in Jaipur on the event of Makar Sankranti.

In Bihar, folks in 1000’s visited Ganga Ghat in Patna to take a dip on the event of Makar Sankranti. Kids together with their mother and father and grandparents could possibly be seen taking a dip within the chilly water of the Ganges.

Vijaya Laxmi, a devotee, mentioned, “Could we proceed to have a good time Makar Sankranti joyously yearly, and should everybody’s needs come true.”

She mentioned that “religion in God” conjures up folks to endure the chilly a dip within the Ganges through the chilly climate.

In Prayagraj, the primary Amrit Snan of Maha Kumbh 2025 on the auspicious event of Makar Sankranti started on Tuesday as Sadhus from Sadhus of Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhada took a holy dip on the Triveni Sangam.

Makar Sankranti celebrated throughout the nation with nice enthusiasm on January 14, marks the Solar’s transition into Capricorn from Sagittarius, heralding the start of Uttarayan.

Bathing in holy rivers just like the Ganga and Yamuna throughout Makar Sankranti is believed to cleanse sins and bestow non secular advantage.

The day can also be devoted to acts of charity and devotion. Conventional dishes reminiscent of sesame-jaggery laddus, khichdi, and different festive treats grace the event. Kite flying, symbolising vibrant power, and cheer, is a cherished custom on today.

The competition is thought by numerous names in several elements of the nation reminiscent of Pongal, Bihu, and Maghi.

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