Makar Sankranti Images For Students And Children: All over the country, Makar Sankranti is observed with great fanfare. However, it is celebrated with distinct names and rituals in different parts of the country. In the states of northern and western India, the festival is celebrated as the Sankranti day with special zeal and fervor. The importance of this day has been signified in the ancient epics like Mahabharata also. So, apart from Socio-geographical importance, this day also holds a historical and religious significance. As, it is the festival of Sun God and he is regarded as the symbol divinity and wisdom, the festival also holds an eternal meaning to it.
Makar Sankranti Images For Students And Children
Hindu devotees dance as they take a holy bath and perform rituals at the Gangasagar Island some 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 14, 2016
Hindu devotees take a holy dip and perform rituals at Gangasagar Island around 150 km south of Kolkata on January 15, 2016
Hindu devotees walk in a line to offer prayers at the holy temple on Gangasagar Island around 150 km south of Kolkata on January 13, 2016
Priests along with devotees perform Ganga Arti after taking a holy dip in the Ganges on Makar Sankranti during Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 15, 2016
Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men pass on a chillum to smoke inside their makeshift camps ahead of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island
A Hindu pilgrim walks back after taking a dip at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island south of Kolkata on January 14, 2016
Hindu devotees offer prayers at Sangam the confluence of the Ganges Yamuna and Saraswati rivers on a foggy winter morning on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival in Allahabad India on January 15, 2016
A Sadhu praying on Makar Sankranti at Sangam during the Magh Mela festival, in Allahabad
A Sadhu prays as he takes a dip at Sangam, a confluence of three rivers, the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival in Allahabad, on January 14, 2017
A Sadhu takes a dip at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, south of Kolkata, on January 14, 2017
Devotees gather at Sangam to take the holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti during the Magh Mela festival, in Allahabad
Devotees offering prayers as they take the holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, in Patna
Hindu devotees seek blessings from Naga Sadhus at Gangasagar Island. Devotees and Monks gather in Gangasagar mela for holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti
Hindu pilgrims brush their teeth with neem twigs at a makeshift shelter before heading for an annual trip to Sagar Island for the one-day festival of Makar Sankranti, in Kolkata, on January 11
A Hindu man and his son hold burning incense sticks and a candle as they pray after taking a dip in the waters of river Howrah on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Chakmaghat village, Tripura, on January 14, 2017
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