Importance of Uttarayan Essay

Shivya Hi Shivam, how is your uttarayan going?Shivam Very nice. How nigh you?Shiyya Enjoying. notwithstanding I do non know why uttarayan is celebrated. Can you lighten me?Shivam Well shivya there is more to Uttarayan than just holding a string and a kite. Let us to daylight understand the ghostly aspect of Uttarayan. Het can you pls. luck with us the cultivation that you have?By that time their other 5 friends junction them and take part in the conversation. All of them give knowledge about the topic which entilighten us about the religious aspect of UttarayanHet how-do-you-do everybody. Well Uttarayan is celebrated in m either parts of the country and overly in some other parts of the world with spectacular rapture and enthusiasm. It is a harvest feast which is basically celebrated in the Hindi communities. In Indian, the states of Bihar, Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu celebrate the festival with great fervor and gusto. instantly I wi ll tell Harsh to share some of information that he has.Harsh U know Het, In Tamil Nadu the festival is cognize as Pongal, in Assam as Bhogali Bihu, in Punjab, as Lohiri, in Gujarat and Rajasthan, as Uttararayan. In Uttar Pradesh it is celebrated as Khichdi or Donation festival. In Bihar it is known as Til Sankranti or Khichdi festival. Outside India, the festival is given ascribable importance in the countries like Nepal where it is celebrated as Maghe Sakrati or Maghi, in Thailand where it is named as Songkran and in Myanmar where it is called Thingyan.Shivya Wow I thought Uttarayan is celebrated altogether in Gujarat. But I can bet it must not be celebrated anywhere like in Gujarat with the sky decorous so colourful. Devayani what information you have to share with us.Devayani Well you know the substance Makar Sankranti is celebrated in every state of India with faith and joy, it can be guessed that the festival has some religious beliefs. This festival is mentioned in many o f our religious text, which enlighten about the festivals religious star significance.The religious scripture, Gita which is known as the voice of Lord Krishna, illustrates that six months of Uttarayan is the day time of deity. And, the 6 months of Dakhshinayan is the night for immortals. It is believed that person who scarifies his body in Uttarayan get a aspect in Krishna Lok. That person gets lib date of referencetion, whereas, the one who dies in Dakhshinayan, has to be reborn.In the era of Mahabharata, Bhishma Pithama had a lenience of wish death. Although lying on the bed of arrows, he did not sacrifice his life in the Dakhsinayan, and waited for the sunlight to go in Uttarayan. It is believed that on the day of Makar Sankranti, when sunlightshine entered in the Uttarayan, Bhishma Pithama, discarded his body.Scientifically, this day the sun begins its northward journey and enters the sign of Makar (the Capricorn) from the Tropic of Cancer. It is like the movement of sun from Dakshinayana (south) to Uttarayana (north) hemisphere. It is the one of the few chosen Indian Hindi festivals which has a bushel date. This day falls on the 14th of January every year fit to the Hindu Solar Calendar. The festival is considered to be a day from where forth all the auspicious ritualistic ceremonies can be solemnized in any Hindu family. This is thus considered as the holy phase of transitionWhat do you say Ashiti. Am I right?Ashiti Yes Deyanai, in occurrence other one religious story is also there which states that, Yashoda Mata kept truehearted to have Lord Krishna as her son. The story of Gangawatran is also linked with Makar Sankranti. It is verbalize that on the day of Makar Sankranti, Ganga followed Bhagirath Muni and met the ocean. Conjunction of Ganga and ocean is the reason behind move of devotees taking bath in Ganagasagar on Makar Sankranti.Capricorn is a sign of Saturn. On the day of Makar Sankranti, sun enters into the sign of Saturn. Sun God is the let of Saturn. Father goes to meet his son in his home. Saturn and Sun, both are superpower planets, whos auspicious blessings can make humans achieve great success. Hence, on the holy festival of Makar Sankranti people delight sun and Saturn.Shankranti promoter transmigration of Sun from one zodiac in Indian astrology to the other. As per Hindu customary beliefs, there are 12 such Sankrantis in all. But the festival is celebrated only on the occasion of Makara Sankaranti i.e. the transition of the Sun from Sagittarius (Dhanu Rashi ) to Capricorn(Makara Rasi).Lastly Jai can you put some more information on the topic.Jai Yes my dear friends. Makar Sankranti holds special significance as on this day the solar calendar measures the day and night to be of equal durations on this day. From this day onwards, the days become longer and warmer. It is the day when people of Union hemisphere, the northward path of the sun marks the period when the sun is acquire closer to them. T he importance of the day was signified by the Aryans who started celebrating this day as an auspicious day for festivities. The reason behind this may be the fact that it marked the onset of harvest season.Married women pray to Sun God for long life of their husbands and give gifts to their elders, in return take blessing that the way days are getting longer, similarly, the life of their husbands also march on increasing.