Makar(a) Sankranti is the only Hindu festival based on the solar calendar instead of the lunar. Makar Sankranti is the celebration of the sun's journey from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere and ...

For the past 30 years, a large community of the Indian diaspora in Hong Kong have gathered on January 14 to celebrate the kite flying festival called Makar Sankranti. The event was organised by ...

It is said that it is extremely fulfilling to donate food and clothes on this day. Karka Sankranti is the start of the monsoon season that marks the time agriculture, which is an important source of ...