Makara Sankranthi (Makara Sankramana) - The Sun Centric Festival
MAKARA SANKRANTHI (Concept – Significance – Customs & Traditions…) In general Makara Sankranthi festival is celebrated for three days especially in South India; · first day called Bhogi; · second day Makara Sankranthi and · third day as Kanuma. BHOGI. .. The word Bhogi is derived from Sanskrit word Bhog meaning enjoying or experiencing. It is a festival that signifies the beginning of the harvest season for farmers in India. Hence, it is also known as harvest festival. Bhogi is considered as the day that facilitates the farmers to enjoy the fruits of their hard work. On the day of Bhogi, old, worn out and useless items are burnt in a bonfire. Bhogi signifies cleansing of the mind of its ill thoughts and feelings, while symbolically burning them up, with a firm resolve to tread the path of love, with truth and purity from this hol...