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Pile of colored kites, prepared for the Uttarayan festival. The mention of this festival is in the Rigveda which dates back more than 5000 years. The day marks the beginning of the auspicious six-month period known as Uttarayana. Today, regardless of people's background or beliefs, they are welcome to fly kites with everyone else in Gujarat in ...
The Uttarayani Fair, also known as Uttarayani Mela, is an annual fair held in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. [1] [2] It marks the occasion of Makar Sankranti, typically taking place in the second week of January.
Uttarayana, as Makar Sankranti is called in Gujarati, is a major festival in the state of Gujarat [52] which lasts for two days. 14 January is Uttarayana; 15 January is Vasi-Uttarayana (Stale Uttarayana). [53] Gujarati people keenly await this festival to fly kites, called patang. Kites for Uttarayana are made of special light-weight paper and ...
International Kite Festival in Gujarat – Uttarayan. At least six people including three children died and 176 people were injured from cuts and falls while flying kites during Uttarayan festival in Gujarat. Some bled to death as revellers used sharp strings that entangled around the necks. (The Tribune)
Gujarat Today Daily (Gujarati: ગુજરાત ટુડે) is a large-circulation Gujarati language daily newspaper in Gujarat, India. [1] It is published in Gujarati by the Lokhit Prakashan Sarvajanik Trust [2] and edited by Aziz Tankarvi. [3] Its main office is in Ahmedabad at Shah-e-Alam. [4]
Although rituals and customs may vary, it is generally celebrated as a four-day festival. On the first day, unwanted household items are discarded and burned in bonfires to symbolize starting anew. The second day, people dress in new clothes and prepare pongal , a sweet dish that is made of rice, milk and jaggery, and offer it to Surya, the ...
Kathak dancer Namrata Rai at Modhera Dance Festival. The Tourism Corporation of Gujarat organises an annual three-day dance festival known as Uttarardha Mahotsav at the temple during the third week of January, following the festival of Uttarayan. The objective is to present classical dance forms in an atmosphere similar to that in which they ...
13–14 January – Bikaner Camel Festival; 14 January – International Kite Festival, Ahmedabad and Jaipur; 14 January – Uttarayan Kite Festival, Gujarat; 16 January – Jallikattu festival, Alanganallur; 16 January – Modhera Dance Festival, Modhera; 31 January – Muharram; 2 February – Basant Panchami; 26 February – Maha Shiv Ratri ...