Its time to bid adieu to winters; welcome the wonderful Spring and crop harvesting. With different names – Makar Sankranti (
Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Gujarat,
Sukarat in Madhya Pradesh and
Bihu in the North-East…) is celebrated all over India.
Makar Sankranti is a harvest festival, marking the end of a bitterly cold winter and it ushers in spring. It is probably the only Indian festival to fall on the same date every year (between 13th- 15th January). It also has an astrological significance since it is around this time that the earth begins its gradual journey of moving towards the Sun. It is considered an extremely auspicious period (Uttarayan) by the Hindus and is perhaps the only Hindu solar festival. Sweets made of til (sesame seeds) are traditionally eaten and distributed at Makar Sankranti.
While Andhra knows it as Makar Sankrantanam, Nepal calls it Maghe Sankranti and Kashmiris celebrate it as Shishur Saenkraat.
The best part about any Indian festival is sharing wishes with family and friends. Take your pick from this season’s greetings…
Makar Sankranti wishes
Milao gur mein til
Udao patang, kaato dor
Khush kar do har dil
Makar Sankranti ka mach gaya shor!
Makar Sankranti ki Badhai!
Makar Sankranti ka paigham
Mithai se mithi boli, mithi zubaan
Surya devta ko karo pranaam
Udao patang bharo oonchee udaan
Makar Sankranti ki Shubhkamnayein!
1st Day
2nd Day of Pongal , time to decorate and venerate cattle, since they form the pillars of the agrarian fabric.
3rd Day of Pongal , dedicated to the worship of the Sun God, invoking his blessings and benevolence for the coming year and a bountiful harvest.
May Your joys abound and overflow
May your home be filled with plenty
Let the sweetness in your life grow
This Pongal we wish you prosperity!
Happy Pongal!
Sankranthi means Transition, yes, Sure a positive transition to all Pensioners ,achieving what they wanted to achieve all these Years & Decades
MAKARA signifies bountiful harvest:Sure again a bonanza so richly deserved by all pensioners.
DAWN of THAI Month will mitigate all miseries,enough we pensioners have sufferred & experienced all through,with so many dying too,
Sankaranthi dedicated to Lord Sun,Saviour of this World with His Golden Rays,it is all through--
PONGAL---------O-------PONGAL will rent the air ,so too
VICTORY----------0------VICTORY , a Thumping Trumpet in the offing,
Let 2018 Sankaranthi atleast pave the way &yield positive & favourable SC Bench order of twin benefits with clarity & a final consummation of devoted,dedicated efforts & overall, an unusual sense of patience, perseverance & endurance displayed by pensioners fraternity,in spite of some hiccups,& finally & hopefully a turnaround to benefit pensioners with a sense of optimism ,realism & pragmatism
Greetings & warm regards,
R.B.KISHORE
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