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Today Sun is entering Capricorn. Makar Sankranti is being celebrated across the country on this occasion. In some places, tomorrow i.e. on January 15, this festival will also be celebrated. This festival is being celebrated by the names Makar Sankranti, Lohiri and Dev Doli in North India, Uttarayan in Central India, Bihu and Pedda Panduya in the East, Pongal and Makara Vilakku in the South. In photos, see the colors of Sankranti across the country…
Local people celebrated Dev Doli bathing festival in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. During this, the deity of the village was taken a holy dip in Bhagirathi.
Pongal is being celebrated in Telangana on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan celebrated the festival at home in Chennai.
People take a dip in the Ganges Sagar in West Bengal. More than 3 lakh devotees have reached here to take holy bath on Makar Sankranti.
In Punjab, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, devotees arrive at the Golden Temple in Amritsar for Ardas. Devotees take a dip in the lake of the temple.
Devotees take a holy dip at Gandhi Ghat in Patna, Bihar. Lakhs of people come here every year, but this year the number is less because of Kovid.
Devotees take a holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Compared to every year, this year due to Corona, there was less crowd here.
Bihu is being celebrated in Guwahati, Assam. People lit Meji, a custom to celebrate the end of the farming season.
Pongal celebrations have started in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. During this, people decorated the doors of the houses with Rangoli and made traditional dishes.
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