Brajabasi Roti and Subji - Glorifying Brajas Village Life: Rain and bitterly cold in Braja, but with lots of thil laddus and garam gokul /arjun tea we can stay warm. Enjoy Makar Sankranti! Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious occasions for the Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all parts of India in a myriad of cultural forms, with great devotion, fervour, and gaiety. It is a harvest festival. Makar Sankranti is perhaps the only Indian festival whose date always falls on the same day every year: 14 January, with some exceptions, when the festival is celebrated on 13 January or 15 January. Makar Sankranti is also believed to mark the arrival of spring in India. In Maharashtra on the Makar Sankranti day people exchange multi-coloured halwa (sugar granules coated in sugar syrup) and til-gul ladoos (sweetmeats made from sesame seeds and jaggery). Gulachi Poli are offered for lunch. While exchanging til-gul as tokens of goodwill people greet each other with the words, til-gul ghya, aani god god bola meaning ‘Accept these tilguls and speak sweet words’. In Maharashtra married women are invited for a get-together called ‘Haldi-Kunku’. Typically, women wear black sarees or black coloured outfits on this occasion. Maharashtra is also famous for kite flying on this special occasion. In the western Indian state of Gujarat, the celebrations are even bigger. The festival is called Uttarayan. People offer thousands of their colourful oblations to the Sun in the form of beautiful kites. In Rajasthan it is known as Makar Sakrat in the Rajasthani language. This day is celebrated with some special rajasthani delicacies and sweets like Pheeni, Ghevar, Til-paati, Gajak, kheer, Pakodis, etc. Although traditionally flying kites is observed as a part of this festival. On this occasion the sky in Jaipur is filled with kites.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:43:53 +0000
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