Maghe Sankranti, A Hindu Festival

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Maghe Sankranti, A Hindu Festival
by Deepak Subedi \| 15-01-2019 20:21 1
Maghe or Makar Sankranti is being observed throughout the country Tuesday. On the day, people of Hindu communities take holy dips into rivers and ponds, worship at various temples and relish delicacies like ghee, yam, Khichadi and sweets like Chaku and sweets made of sesame and molasses. As per the astrological chart, this day is called as Makar Sankranti since the sun moves towards the northern hemisphere from this day onwards. On this day, the sun moves from the tropic of Capricorn to tropic of Cancer. Likewise, the days get longer from today onwards. A large number of devotees throng Devghat, Trishuli, Kaligandaki, Bagmati, Indrawati, Ridi, and other places on the river banks to take a holy bath and perform Shraddha. Chairman of Nepal Calendar Determination Committee Prof Dr Ram Chandra Gautam told that the time from Shrwan Sankranti to Maghe Sankranti is called Uttarayan since the sun moves towards the north. "This period is considered the best one for holy bath, offerings, religious trips and fasting," he added. On this day, a festival is organised at the Tilmadhav Narayan Temple at Taumadhi Tol, Bhaktapur and Puja of Deepakankar Buddha is performed. The Tharu Community observes this festival as the Maghi with much fanfare and gaiety for five consecutive days. Likewise, the people in the Tarai belt mark this day as the festival of bath known as Nahan. It is also celebrated by the Tharus as Maghi or the New Year with much funfare. This Festival shows that how much we love nature and worship nature as god, we assume every natural things such as river,mountain, forest, animals etc as god and worship them. Thank You Source http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-01-15/maghe-sankranti-being-observed-today.html

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8 Comments

Hema Sapkota says :
Greetings Deepak
I hope you are doing well!
Thank you so much for this report!
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Hema
Posted 22-03-2020 11:01

Basanta Adhikari says :
Greetings deepak
I hope you are doing well

Thank you so much for this report.
I hope to read more from you.
Keep up with great works
Green cheers
Regards
Basanta
Posted 16-03-2020 04:13

Deepak Subedi says :
Hello Gyeongrin mentor,
Namaste
You are welcome :)

Posted 18-01-2019 20:16

Gyeongrin mentor says :
Hello Deepak
Thanks for sharing about the beautiful Makar Sankranti :)
Posted 18-01-2019 15:20

Deepak Subedi says :
Hello
Kushal Naharki
Hope you are fine, we had such a beautiful chat today,
Thank you so much for your beautiful words :)
Yes brother, our almost all festivals have worship toward nature
Thank you for your positive comment :)

Posted 16-01-2019 22:37

Kushal Naharki

Kushal Naharki says :
Thank you for your report Deepak Dai

Our country being rich in natural resources is also gifted with cultural diversity and there are different ways we celebrate our festivals. From worshiping animals and plants during festivals to worshiping sun, river, water resources during different festivals has been a matter of proudness for all of us. Thank you for describing about the festival Maghe Sakranti.

Keep writing great reports.
Green Cheers :) :)
Posted 16-01-2019 17:41

Deepak Subedi says :
Hello Lohita,
Namaste
Yes this is beautiful festival and worth sharing one
Thank you for your comment :)
Posted 16-01-2019 03:49