Happy Makar Sankranti 2023: What is the Mythological story behind Makar Sankranti?
Makar Sankranti 2023: Makar Sankranti, which ushers in the lucky Uttarayan, is a significant festival that is observed throughout the nation. This festival is the perfect example of unity in diversity. While Makar Sankranti is observed in various ways throughout India's states, the theme of the harvest season unites them all.
On this auspicious day, we hope your life is filled with happiness and warmth.
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The mythological tale connected to Makar Sankranti, on the other hand, signifies the conclusion of an unlucky phase that starts around mid-December, known as Kharvaans in Hindi. Furthermore, it marks the beginning of warmer, longer days relative to nights occurring on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti. Let's find out what mythology has to say about this fortunate day.
It is believed that Sankranti, after whom the holiday is named, was a deity who put an evil force known as Sankarasur to death. Karidin or Kinkrant is the name of the day that comes after Makar Sankranti. Devi killed the evil Kinkarasur on this day. In Panchang, you can learn more about Makar Sankranti and catch a glimpse of it. The Hindu Almanac, or Panchang, contains information about Sankranti's age, structure, attire, movement, and development.
An episode of the Mahabharata epic mentions how people back then also regarded the day as auspicious. Even after suffering injuries during the Mahabharata War, Bhishma Pitamah persisted until Uttarayan arrived so that he could enter a heavenly abode during auspicious times. It is believed that dying on this day grants the deceased Moksha, or salvation.
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On this day, devotees worship the Sun God while also paying homage to Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi in honour of Makar Sankranti. The owner of the constellation Makar, God Shani, is said to pay Lord Sun a visit on this day. Sun and Shani don't get along well because Shani is one of Sun's foster children. However, Shani is in charge of looking after his father. Therefore, this day also represents the importance of obligations.
Do you know that the Hindus celebrate Makar Sankranti every twelve years with the Kumbha Mela, one of the largest mass pilgrimages in the world with an estimated attendance of 60 to 100 million people? A tradition credited to Adi Shankaracharya, people pray to the sun and take a bath at the Prayagaraj confluence of the Rivers Ganga and Yamuna.
A domestic household begins Makar Sankranti by performing ritualistic baths and prayers to the rising Sun before dawn. Additionally, it entails promising to provide food, clothing, and cash to Brahmins known as Purohitas. The generous gifts of food, clothing, jewelry, and cash are made to female relatives, such as married daughters, sisters, and daughters-in-law, as well as to those relatives families. Following the prayers, people eat yogurt, sesame seeds, jaggery, chiura, and chiura. The next meal of the day is Khichdi, which comes after this.
Happy Makar Sankranti !!
