West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday extended a warm invitation to him to visit the Ganga Sagar Mela, an annual celebration during Makar Sankranti. In a letter addressed to the ...

Makar(a) Sankranti is the only Hindu festival based on the solar calendar instead of the lunar. Makar Sankranti is the celebration of the sun's journey from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere and ...

Held every year on January 14th, Makar Sankranti is celebrated on a big way. Timings for Makarsankranti Mela in Rajgir January: Ropeway at Rajgir: Bihar’s only ropeway is said to be the oldest ...

Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival celebrated ... a prasad to the Sun God as a part of the festive celebrations. In West Bengal, Patishapta is a popular sweet dish made during Poush Sankranti.

It is an annual observance that takes place at the Sagar Island or ‘Sagardweep’ in the state of West Bengal ... and zeal in the culturally rich state of Bengal. Ganga Sagar Snan is only done during ...

Kumbha Sankranti is the day when the Sun is in the transit from Makar rashi to Kumbha rashi ... It starts the Falgun Maas for the people of West Bengal and according to the Malayalam calendar, it is ...

In the Hindu calendar, Makar Sankranti marks the commencement of Uttarayana. The sun moves from the zodiac Sagittarius to Capricorn and occurs around January 14 each year. The festival is ...