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Sankranti Sambaralu, Jataralu In Telangana Jan 10, 2021, 13:58 IST
By B.Priyadarshini
The first festival of the year 2020 is Makar Sankranti . It is one of the most prominent Hindu festivals and is celebrated in different parts of the country with different names. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival marks the winter solstice and the first day of Sun s transit into Capricorn. Generally, people follow festivals based on the lunar cycle, while Makar Sankranti is the one which is celebrated based on the solar cycle.
In Telangana, Sankranti is celebrated with much joy and people have their own way of celebrating it. In some districts, farmers pay a visit to their fields and build a hut with jowar plants and new cloths. It is called Pandavula Gudi . They lit a lamp inside it, called as Lakshmi Deepam . After this, they perform pujas to Goddess Lakshmi and Pancha Pandavas. Then, boil rice and milk in an earthen pot and allow it to overflow towards the North.