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Makar Sankranti

Also called: Sankranti, Pongal, Uttarayan, Lohri, Magh Bihu

The day the sun enters Makara, Capricorn, in mid-January, kept by the sun's reckoning. The start of the sun's northern course in custom, and the harvest festival of Pongal, Lohri, Magh Bihu and Uttarayan.

Sources: Makar Sankranti, Wikipedia · see Makar Sankranti's web

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Makar Sankranti festival of

Bhishma (Mortal) All traditions · The bed of arrows (Bhishma waits for the sun to turn)
Waits on his bed of arrows for the sun's northern course.
Surya (God) All traditions · The sesame in Shani's house (the Sun visits his son)
Enters Makara and visits Shani.
Nandi (Vahana / animal) Folk · The bull who got the message wrong (Nandi and Mattu Pongal)
The cattle are honoured on Mattu Pongal.

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Makar Sankranti, Wikipedia Encyclopedia