Mysore/Mysuru: Cattle-rearers in and around Mysuru district set the tone for Makara Sankranti festival, by celebrating the tradition of ‘Kichchu Haisuvudu’ (jumping bovines over fire) on Sunday. With Monday being observed as ‘Basaveshwara’s day’ (as cattles are revered as Basava, the bull, the vehicle of Lord Shiva in mythology), the ritual of jumping over fire…
Mysore/Mysuru: As Makara Sankranti, the first major festival of the New Year, approaches for celebration tomorrow, Jan. 15, people are enthusiastically flocking to various shops across the city to purchase essential items for the occasion. The festival, dedicated to the Sun God (Surya), is traditionally celebrated on Jan. 14, but this year it will be…
Mysuru: Makara Sankranti, the first major festival of the New Year, was celebrated with fervour and enthusiasm in city yesterday. The Harvest Festival was celebrated by offering salutations to Sun God, who is said to change his path from Dakshinayana to Uttararyana. The womenfolk, with many of them dressed in new clothes, were seen distributing…
Mysore/Mysuru: With just a day to go for Makara Sankranti (Jan.15), the first major festival of the new year, the city markets are witnessing a rush of people who are thronging them for making last minute purchases for the festival. The markets and other shops were flooded with packets of yellu-bella (mixture of seasame and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Makara Sankranti, the first major festival of the new year, has brought disappointment for traders and vendors as they are seeing poor business with just a day to go for the festival (Jan.15). The COVID restrictions have also dampened the spirits of the people in celebrating the festival with pomp and gaiety. Makara Sankranti…
Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Makara Sankranti, the harvest festival dedicated to the Sun God, was celebrated with religious fervour across the city and in villages. Although the grandeur was not on par with previous years, a large number of women were seen visiting houses, performing the practice of Ellu Birodhu, which involves carrying a…
Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of Makara Sankranti, an important harvest festival dedicated to the Sun God, people thronged the markets across the city and residential areas this morning to shop for the festival, which will be celebrated tomorrow. Large number of buyers, particularly women were seen flooding the Devaraja Market to buy each individual ingredients of yellu-bella,…
Kichchu haisuvudu, Laksha Deepotsava mark Makara Sankranti Mysuru: Makara Sankranti was celebrated in various parts of the Indian subcontinent yesterday which marked the shift of the Sun into ever-lengthening days. The festival is a seasonal observance as well as a religious celebration. It is a solar event making it one of the few Hindu festivals…
Mysuru/Mysore: Makara Sankranti is celebrated all across Karnataka State in the month of January to mark the first day when the sun is transiting into the Capricorn, also known as Makara, tenth sign of the Zodiac. Sankranti festival also marks the end of the month when the winter solstice, which is referred to as the …
Mysuru: People thronged markets across the city and in residential areas this morning to shop for Makara Sankranti festival that will be celebrated tomorrow. The Devaraja Market witnessed heavy rush as large number of people flooded the market to buy vegetables, fruits, flowers, jaggery, puja materials, sugar candy and yellu-bella, a special mixture of sesame…
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