Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Makar Sankranti


The harvest festival of Makar Sankranti, the marking of the Winter Solstice is considered an auspicious period for fruitful endeavours. DNA's Anantha Subramanyam K, Mohan Kumar BN, Nishant Ratnakar, Uday Shankar, Naveen B and Shwetha S find that the rise in prices of essential commodities has hardly dampened the spirit of celebrations in the city.
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Kumbh Mela 2010

The festival is religiously most important for the Hindus. At every Kumbh occassion, millions of Hindus take part in the celebrations. During 2004 Kumbh at Haridwar, more than 10 millions devoteed gathered at the site. Saints, priests, and yogis from all corners of India, gathered to participate in Kumbh. Haridwar is considered very holy, due to the fact that Ganga enter plains from mountains here itself.
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