Saturday, January 13, 2007

Harvest Festivals: Pongal, Makara Sankranti, Lohri

Harvest festival is one celebrated all across India in almost the same time in different names. Its the Indian version of ThanksGiving to God. Its celebrated as Pongal (TN), Sankranti(AP, Karnataka), Makara Sankranti(Maharashtra, Gujarat) and Lohri (Punjab, Haryana).

Even though every festival is celebrated in different way as the culture differs, but ultimate aim is one. "Unity in Diversity"

Happy Pongal
Happy Sankranti
Happy Lohri

By the way, Does people in US copied ThanksGiving day from India or its viceversa ?

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