Makar Sankranti  

If you don’t wish to order sweets from outside, then we’ve got you covered. Try this quick 10-minute recipe for Malai Roll this festive weekend.

On this festival of Lohri and Makar Sankranti, invite goodness to your home by indulging in the sweetness of kheer.

Celebrate Makar Sankranti with the sweetness of Gujarat’s special dish Thabdi Peda, also known as Kathiyawadi Peda.

Makar Sankranti is a sacred Hindu festival. This year it will be celebrated on 15^th January across different states. In North India, the festival is celebrated by taking a holy bath in the Ganga. Various fairs are organized at the ghats, and people engage in charitable acts.

Urad Dal Laddu offer several health benefits. They are tasty and rich in protein This sweet dish is meant to be enjoyed especially in the colder months.

Celebrate Lohri, invite friends at home and serve the delightful dish of sarson ka saag and makke ki roti. Enjoy the delicious greens on this auspicious occasion.

Celebrate Lohri and Makar Sankranti with the sweetness of traditional Kesar Malai Ladoo. If you’ve never tried making laddoos before, then we’ve got the perfect recipe for you.

The list is not an exhaustive compilation of all the dishes that are made on Makar Sankranti. Since it is such a wide-scale festival, there are a so many more dishes cooked in so many different parts of our country

While the nation celebrates Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu and Pongal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to extend his warm greetings to the citizens

Makar Sankranti, dedicated to the sun god, is one of the most ancient Hindu festivals celebrated across India with much fanfare. The festival marks the beginning of the auspicious period of Uttarayan. Flying kites, preparing traditional sweets with jaggery and sesame seeds and taking holy dip in rivers form an integral part of it, as does meeting with loved ones and exchanging greetings and sweets. In this episode of Culture 'Shauk' with Sunita Iyer, let’s take a look at the significance of the festival of Makar Sankranti and also find out why kite flying is an important part of the celebration.

According to the Hindu calendar, Makar Sankranti is celebrated as the festival of harvest. Also, pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah were featured on kites sold across Punjab.

A Christian church in Idukki has been ordered to remove crosses from the hills of Panchalimedu, as Hindu activists claim that the land has been illegally occupied

Makar Sankranti is associated with harvest, which means that it is celebrated in different names in different states. For instance: Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Magh Bihu in Assam, Maghi in north Indian states and Sukarat in central Indian states.