Makar Sankranti is hindu festival ,this festive celebrate in all parts of country with different names.In north india this known as makar Sankranti and East India in Assam known as bihu in south its known as pongal and in Punjab and Haryana Lohari. This was actually celebration for new crop.
Bogie festival in Kharagpur
Bengoli sweet dish pur pithe
Malpua,pithe,badam laddu and masala pithe
What about kharagpur because here all religion people stay together. So,here makar Sankranti,bihu and lohari all celebrate together.As I am stay out of home and not be able to reach kharagpur for this festival,but as per my old memories.In this day in our home in morning we after bath and puja taking one black seed sweet also known as tili laddu. In our home different sweet made in this day ,in afternoon we take sweet curd with stuff rice and in dinner we take rice made from different vegetables (khichuri).Our south indian neighbour gives us idaly,utthapam,kurum ,bara and also different south Indian snacks items.We are eating bengoli pithe made from rice flour known as pur pithe, pathisapta etc.
engoli sweet pati sapta
Morning bath in this day very important people also went to nearest river to take bath and from kharagpur nearest river is kansawati. In talbachina and tengra area there is also cock fight arranged by local.
South Indian has celebrate this festival three days first day they are doing bogi ,second day pongal when they made different south indian dish made from new crop rice and third day they made non vegetarian foods.
Sweet made from black seed til
Makarsankranti delicious food
Our sikh community people basically doing lohari same as like bogi of south Indian but the main difference is south indian people did this in early morning on the other hand sikh people do this in night.
Cock fighting in talbagicha in Kharagpur during Makarsankranti
Cock fighting in talbagicha in Kharagpur during Makarsankranti
Loser took their cocks
Cock die in fighting
Cock fighting in talbagicha Kharagpur during Makarsankranti
Participant prepare their cock for fighting
Participant incourage their cock during fighting in talbagicha Kharagpur
Kite festival in Medinipur during Makar sankranti
PM's kite at Kite festival in Medinipur during Makar sankranti
Hanumanji kite at Kite festival in Medinipur during Makar sankranti
South Indian non veg dish
Bengoli Pithe made from milk
South Indian dish made from cereals same as like malpua
Sankranti decoration in rural Kharagpur
Coconut sweet with other Bengali sweets
In talbachicha area villagers and local people arranged cock fighting in same date .Some years back some local wrestling and kabadi also organised but now only cock fighting still exist.
Mutton made in picknic
Picnic preparation
Krishi Pardarshani mela in IIT Kharagpur organised last week some pictures from there.Srishaym yatra organised in kharagpur some pictures from this yatra.
Krishi Pardarshani Mela in Kharagpur
Krishi Pardarshani Mela in Kharagpur
Shree shaym yatra in Kharagpur
Shree shayam mandir in kharagpur
What about kharagpur because here all religion people stay together. So,here makar Sankranti,bihu and lohari all celebrate together.As I am stay out of home and not be able to reach kharagpur for this festival,but as per my old memories.In this day in our home in morning we after bath and puja taking one black seed sweet also known as tili laddu. In our home different sweet made in this day ,in afternoon we take sweet curd with stuff rice and in dinner we take rice made from different vegetables (khichuri).Our south indian neighbour gives us idaly,utthapam,kurum ,bara and also different south Indian snacks items.We are eating bengoli pithe made from rice flour known as pur pithe, pathisapta etc.
Lohari in kharagpur
Morning bath in this day very important people also went to nearest river to take bath and from kharagpur nearest river is kansawati. In talbachina and tengra area there is also cock fight arranged by local.
South Indian has celebrate this festival three days first day they are doing bogi ,second day pongal when they made different south indian dish made from new crop rice and third day they made non vegetarian foods.
Our sikh community people basically doing lohari same as like bogi of south Indian but the main difference is south indian people did this in early morning on the other hand sikh people do this in night.
In talbachicha area villagers and local people arranged cock fighting in same date .Some years back some local wrestling and kabadi also organised but now only cock fighting still exist.
Krishi Pardarshani mela in IIT Kharagpur organised last week some pictures from there.Srishaym yatra organised in kharagpur some pictures from this yatra.
