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The International Kite Festival, Uttarayan, [5] is celebrated in many cities of Gujarat, Telangana and Rajasthan including Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Hyderabad, Nadiad, and Dakor. However, the international kite event takes place in Ahmedabad (kite capital of Gujarat), which accommodates visitors from many ...
The Tamil festival of Pongal coincides with Makar Sankranti, and celebrates Surya. It is a four-day festival in South India: Day 1: Bhogi Pandigai; Day 2: Thai Pongal; Day 3: Maattu Pongal; Day 4: Kaanum Pongal; The festival is celebrated four days from the last day of the Tamil month Margazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai (Pausha ...
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 ...
The traditional Indian calendar is based on lunar positions, Sankranti is a solar event. The date of Makar Sankranti remains constant over a long term, 14 January or occasionally, 15 January as the Sun begins to rise in Makara Râshi.
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 ...
Andy Cohen is spilling the tea on what it's like working with longtime friend and colleague Anderson Cooper. Before SiriusXM's 10th Annual Radio Andy Holiday Hangout (which he co-hosts with Amy ...
Move over, Wordle and Connections—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity fans can find on ...
A woman in Kentucky surprised her Navy husband with a special military homecoming by gifting him a five-day duck hunting trip in Kansas with his best friends ahead of Christmas.