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Makar Sankranti is a very popular and important traditional festival in different states of the country India. This festival marks the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Makara rashi on its celestial path, people believed that this day marks the arrival of spring in India, so they celebrate it as a traditional event. Not only in India, Makar Sankranti festival, is celebrated all over South Asia, in different ways and different names.
In India this festival have different names according to the location. In the states like Chhattisgarh, Goa, Odisha, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and West Bengal etc people celebrate this festival as Makar Sankranti. In Tamil Nadu this festival is known as Pongal. Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab people know this festival as Maghi or Lohri. At other places people celebrate this festival with different local names.
Makar Sankranti Celebration in Odisha
In Odisha Makar Sankranti is celebrated in a very good way. People prepare makara chaula (uncooked newly harvested rice, banana, coconut, jaggery, sesame, rasagola, Khai/Liaa and chhena puddings for Naivedya to gods and goddesses) this is an important part of this festival. The withdrawing winter entails a change in food habits and intake of nourishing and rich food. Therefore, this festival holds traditional cultural significance for peoples, so people like this festival and enjoy by celebrating it.
Tourist those come to India from foreign countries they like to see the process of celebration of the Makar Sankranti Festival. So the tour and travel agencies includes the Makar Sankranti Festival visit in the Odisha Tour Packages.
Odisha Tourism offers special deals in Makar Sankranti Festival Tour Packages. In which tourist can enjoy and get very much fun without worrying about any kinds of thing of tour.
Fairs & Festivals in Odisha (Orissa) - With numerous religions, ancient temples, local shrines, tribes and an array of sacred places, Odisha (Orissa) observes uncountable number of festivals and fairs round the year. Major Odisha(Orissa) Festivals of Odisha is Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra and Durga Pooja. Three different religions flourished on the holy land of Odisha (Orissa) thus making it mandatory to celebrate various religious Odisha festivals with great fanfare. Odisha Cultural & Religious Festivals are very famous in india.
A land of varied cultures and traditions, Odisha (Orissa) automatically serves to be a land of festivals. Religion or folklores, tradition or agriculture and seasonal variations or ethnic dance forms; all serve to be a setting for the celebration. Odisha (Orissa) celebrates one or other festival every month giving an opportunity to the visitors and natives both to enjoy and have real fun.
With some of the special rituals attached to each, these festivals add bright colors to the landscape of Odisha (Orissa)'s cultural heritage. Some of the festivals of this land of Lord Jagannath are dedicated to His holy self. Some other festivals celebrated in Odisha (Orissa) find a close resemblance to a lot of festivals of North India; however they are called by different names and are even celebrated in a different fashion. But amazingly, every festivity centers around the prayer sacraments to seek the blessings of gods, exchanging goodwill, distributing sweets, decorating houses, wearing new clothes, music, dance and feasting. Whatever is the way, each festival really makes the country come alive throughout the year.
Apart from popular festivals in Odisha, these are many other regional festivals and tribal festivals are celebrated by Odia people at different regions, as example in Sambalpur (a district of Odisha) NuaKhai parab is very popular, and many other festivals are celebrated at different villages of Odisha. Tourist most of the time demand to include festivals tour in their tour packages, so Odisha Tourism created special Odisha Festivals Tour Packages for tourist.
