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Makar Sankranti is a Hindu harvest festival celebrated in various forms, that marks the end of winter and the beginning of longer days as the sun moves northward. Worshippers bathe in sacred rivers such as the Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Krishna, and Cauvery on this day. In pic: Devotees take holy dip in the Ganges on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival, in Varanasi, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (PTI Photo)
Makar Sankranti being celebrated with fervour in Bengaluru too. (Express Photo: Jitendra M)
Women and children, dressed in their traditional attires, were seen exchanging festive greetings and distributing ‘ellu-bella’, a mixture of sesame seeds, groundnuts, roasted gram, coconut and jaggery. (Express Photo: Jitendra M)
On the occassion of Makar Sankranti, sesame and jaggery ladoos called chikkis are also distributed while greeting each other. In pic: Navi Mumbai traffic police requests motorists to put on masks and gives them Teel Gud (jaggery) on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
Kite festivals are also held at several places to mark the occasion of Makar Sankranti. In pic, children fly kites on Taljai hill, Pune, on Friday.
About 500 colourful kites were displayed on a footpath in Navi Mumbai's Ghansoli on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
Children of Navi Mumbai play with colourful kites as they celebrate the kite festival on Makar Sankranti.
While people celebrate kite festival on Makar Sankranti, a number of birds also get injured by their (kites') strings during this time. In pic: Veterinarians treat a bird injured by a kite string during the festival of Uttarayan, in Rajkot. (Express Photo: Chirag Chotaliya)
People shop for Makar Sankranti festival days ahead of the occasion at Thane market.
