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It is popularly known by the name Singh Sankrant. Local tradition traces the origin of the festival to Pandavas. [5] Nol Sankranti: It is celebrated on the first day of the solar month on the Hindu calendar i.e. Kartik (month). It is also called Dak Sankranti. Sadh Bhokhon or Godbharai is a special tradition for pregnant Hindu women.
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All Sikh festival include celebrating by gathering at Gurdwara, paying obeisance to the Guru Granth Sahib and listening to Gurbani, Kirtan and reciting Paath. However, there are quite a few other local fairs which are historically important to the Sikhs and attract crowds in hundreds of thousands and last two to three days.
City Guru Nanak Foundation of America Silver Spring: Washington Sikh Center Gurdwara Montgomery County: Gurdwara Gur Gian Sagar Burtonsville: Sikh Association of Baltimore Randallstown: Baltimore Sikh Society Dundalk: Singh Sabha of Maryland Dundalk
Uttarayana, as Makar Sankranti is called in Gujarati, is a major festival in the state of Gujarat [52] which lasts for two days. 14 January is Uttarayana 15 January is Vasi-Uttarayana (Stale Uttarayana).
The Temple during the Festival of Colors, April 2012.. The temple houses a natural amphitheater with the capacity to accommodate thousands. From March through October the temple usually holds entertainments such as art and photography displays, tour guides, cuisine tasting, cultural exhibits on India, a gala pageant of the epic Ramayana, the burning of a 20-foot (6.1 m) high effigy of the ...
Maghi is the regional name of the Hindu festival of Makar Sankranti celebrated in Nepal, Punjab, Haryana Jammu division and Himachal Pradesh. In Himachal, the festival is also known as Maghi Saaji [1] [2] or Magha Ra Saza. [3] In Bihar and Nepal it is also referred to as Maghi Parva or Maghi Sankranti.
[19] [21] Vaisakhi as a major Sikh festival marks the birth of the Khalsa order by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhism, on 13 April 1699. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Later, Ranjit Singh was proclaimed as Maharaja of the Sikh Empire on 12 April 1801 (to coincide with Vaisakhi), creating a unified political state.