Unlike other Hindu festivals which follow the
lunar motion, Makar Sankranti follows the movement of the sun. It marks the
beginning of the sun’s transition into the zodiac of Capricorn
(Makar=Capricorn, Sankranti= transition). This makes it the only festival to
fall on a fixed date every year – January 14th.From this day, the bright day
starts becoming longer and the dark night starts becoming shorter. This is the
day winter officially ends and spring begins – a transition symbolic of discarding
the previous season’s bad and the beginning of a fresh new season.
Uttarayana is referred
to as the day of new good healthy wealthy beginning. It is a festive day all
over India. Each region celebrates its own local form of this festival. In the
western parts of India it is called the “Makar Sankranti”.
Uttarayana is referred
to as the day of new good healthy wealthy beginning.
HOW TO
CELEBRATE MAKAR SANKRANTI
Maximum use of sesame
seeds is made during Sankranti festival. People bathing with water containing
sesame seeds and eating and distributing sesame seeds laddo offering sesame to
Brahmans, lighting lamps of sesame oil in a temple of Shri Shiva and performing
pitrushraddh in which an offering of sesame seeds is made.Importance of sesame
seeds according to Ayurveda: Since Sankranti falls in winter, consuming sesame seeds
is beneficial.
WHAT SHOULD
WE DO ON MAKAR SANKRANTI
We should start our
day by offering holy water & cow’s milk to God Sun in a copper utensil and
chanting this mantra ( ऊँ घृणि सूर्याय
नम:).Adding red colour flowers to the water is more auspicious.
One gets great health
benefits if one worships Sun God. Have a sun bath on this day. Cover your head
and lie down on the ground at a time when the sun rays are mild. Sun bath is
very useful in laying position. Sunbath cures many known & hidden diseases.
Taking a glass of lukewarm water before sunbath & bath with cold water
after sunbath.
IMPORTANCE
OF DONATION ON THIS DAY
According to the scriptures the donations on this day are known to come
back by a hundredfold. If you want the luck to be with you then donate
blankets, warm clothing, butter, cereals - rice porridge holy books etc.
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Which pulse is cooked on this day?
According to Indian religious texts, on the day of Uttarayani also called Ghughuti (घुघुति) in Kumaon, the sun enters the Zodiacal sign of 'Makara' (Capricon), i.e. from this day onwards the sun becomes 'Uttarayan' or it starts moving to the north. It is said that from this day, which signals a change of season, the migratory birds start returning to the hills. On Makara Sankranti people give Khichadi (a mixture of pulses and rice) in charity, take ceremonial dips in holy rivers, participate in the Uttarayani fairs and celebrate the festival of Ghughutia or Kale Kauva. During the festival of Kale Kauva (literal translation 'black crow') people make sweetmeats out of sweetened flour (flour and gur) deep fried in ghee, shape them in shapes such as drums, pomegranates, knives, and swords. They are strung together and worn as necklace, in the middle of which an orange is fixed. Early in the morning children wear these necklaces and sing "Kale Kauva" to attract crows and other birds and offer them portions of these necklaces, as a token of welcome for all the migratory birds, who are now coming back after their winter sojourn in the plains.
Wearing garlands of the above eatables the children come out calling the crows with following song on their lips:
Kale Kale,
bhol bate aile bor puwa,
Khale Ie Kauva bara,
mai ke de sunu gharo,
Ie Kauva dhal,
mai ke de sunu thai.
काले कौवा काले घुघुति माला खाले
ले कौवा बड़ा मकें दे सुणो घड़ा
ले कौवा ढाल मकें दे सुणो थाल
(Come dear crow, come daily you will enjoy eating bara and puwa. Take the bara and give me a pitcher full of gold. Take the shield and give me a golden plate.)
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