Makar Sankranti, celebrated on January 14, 2025, marks the Sun's transition into Capricorn and the start of the harvest season. The festival features holy dips in sacred rivers, prayers to the Sun ...

Makar Sankranti is known by its different names, such as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttrayan in Lohri, Lohri in Punjab, and so on. The major reason for celebrating it is to mark the Sun’s journey ...

Makar Sankranti marks the transition of winter to spring. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) People pray outside Hasan Anani mosque to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia ...

One of Gopal Patel’s favorite memories of his childhood in India is flying kites during the country’s Makar Sankranti ...

Sree Surapanemi with her daughter Greeshma Surapanemi,9, during the Festival of Makar Sankranti on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023 in Houston. Sankranti is a celebration of the deity Surya, the Sun, so it is ...

PRAYAGRAJ (ANI)– Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on January 14 confirmed that over 35 million devotees took a holy dip at the Sangam in Prayagraj to mark Makar Sankranti. The state ...