WISH YOU A HAPPY MAKAR SANKRANTI
Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in various parts of India. According to the lunar calendar, when the sun moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in the month of Poush in mid-January, it commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South India. The movement of the earth from one zodiac sign into another is called Sankranti and as the Sun moves into the Capricorn zodiac known as Makar in Hindi, this occasion is named as Makar Sankranti in the Indian context. It is one of the few Hindu Indian festivals which are celebrated on a fixed date i.e. 14th January every year.
Makar Sankranti, apart from a harvest festival is also regarded as the beginning of an auspicious phase in Indian culture. It is said as the ‘holy phase of transition’. It marks the end of an inauspicious phase which according to the Hindu calendar begins around mid-December. It is believed that any auspicious and sacred ritual can be sanctified in any Hindu family, this day onwards. Scientifically, this day marks the beginning of warmer and longer days compared to the nights. In other words, Sankranti marks the termination of winter season and beginning of a new harvest or spring season.
To Hindus, the Sun stands for knowledge, spiritual light and wisdom. Makar Sankranti signifies that we should turn away from the darkness of delusion in which we live, and begin to enjoy a new life with bright light within us to shine brighter.
Alok Banerjee
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Dear All
The special significance attached to the celebration of Makar sankranti, is Kite Flying. The gods who are believed to have slumbered for six long months are now awake and the portals of heaven are thrown open.
Bhole Baba ki Jai!!
Via Internet
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Dear Brothers & Sisters
Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in various parts of India. According to the lunar calendar, when the sun moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in the month of Poush in mid-January, it commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South India. The movement of the earth from one zodiac sign into another is called Sankranti and as the Sun moves into the Capricorn zodiac known as Makar in Hindi, this occasion is named as Makar Sankranti in the Indian context. All celebrations are according to the lunar calendar but this day is according to the solar calendar and therefor t is one of the few Hindu Indian festivals which are celebrated on a fixed date i.e. 14th January every year. People take auspicious baths in rivers and the sea all over India. The day before several of the old devotees of Babaji come to spend the night and do all night Sadhana in the Maha Shakti dhuni at Herakhan and jap their way from spiritual darkness to spiritual light in this way promoted by Babaji. In Sanatan Dharma, the Sun stands for knowledge, spiritual light and wisdom. Makar Sankranti signifies that we should turn away from the darkness of delusion in which we live, and begin to enjoy a new life with bright light within us to shine brighter. So for the next 6 months in the northern hemisphere days will be longer and brighter and our glorious sun will share his rays indiscriminately to all life on our planet.
In Thailand at the Shri Maha Avatar SadaShiva Dham temple at Kamalaya, koh Samui, Thailand we celebrate this day in a big way as it coincides also when this temple was originally inaugurated. Vinodh Acharya comes over for this occasion and we always spend a lovely blissful Makar San Kranti day. After Aarti we offered an extensive Abhishek to all the murti’s of Munindra Maharaj, Haidiyakhandeshwari Ma, Shri Yantra, Ganesh, Hanuman, Kalbheirav and Shiv Lingam. This was followed by a beautiful havan ceremony and we concluded with a simple but very tasty bandara. Unfortunately I do not have many images to show you at the moment.
Bhole Baba ki Jai !!
Raghuvir
