Makar Sankranti is a Hindu major festival celebrated on Thursday 14 January. The sun's transition to Capricorn — a day of charity, sun worship, and sesame-jaggery sweets.
The sun's transition to Capricorn — a day of charity, sun worship, and sesame-jaggery sweets.
Makar Sankranti falls on Thursday 14 January.
Puja Vidhi for this festival 1. Bathe early and wear clean clothes. 2. Purify the puja space by sprinkling Gangajal. 3. Install the image or murti of your ishta devata; offer flowers, akshat, and a lit lamp. 4. Offer incense, naivedya, and arghya (water). 5. Chant the mantra or stotra associated with this festival 108 times. 6. Perform aarti with family and sound the conch. 7. Distribute prasad and offer dana (charity) to those in need. Note: The sun's transition to Capricorn — a day of charity, sun worship, and sesame-jaggery sweets.
Makar Sankranti falls on Thursday 14 January.
The sun's transition to Capricorn — a day of charity, sun worship, and sesame-jaggery sweets.
Makar Sankranti is observed as a major festival — with puja, fasting, mantra-jap and kirtan. The full puja vidhi is on this page below.
The sun's transition to Capricorn — a day of charity, sun worship, and sesame-jaggery sweets.