Indian festival guide
Makar Sankranti
Also celebrated as makar sankranti, makara sankranti, uttarayan, pousha sankranti.
Makar Sankranti in India
The celebration
About Makar Sankranti
Solar festival marking the Sun’s transition into Makara, celebrated with regional harvest traditions.
Across the country
Where it is celebrated
- andhra pradesh
- arunachal pradesh
- assam
- bihar
- chhattisgarh
- goa
- gujarat
- haryana
- himachal pradesh
- jharkhand
- karnataka
- kerala
- madhya pradesh
- maharashtra
- manipur
- meghalaya
- mizoram
- nagaland
- odisha
- punjab
- rajasthan
- sikkim
- tamil nadu
- telangana
- tripura
- uttar pradesh
- uttarakhand
- west bengal
- delhi
- jammu and kashmir
- ladakh
- puducherry
- chandigarh
- lakshadweep
Regional names
Known by many names
makar sankrantimakara sankrantiuttarayanpousha sankranti
Other names
Also known as
makara sankrantiuttarayankhichdimaghipousha sankranti
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