Kite rangoli

Makar Sankranti / Pongal is an important festival of the Hindus. What?: For those who are new to this festival, It’s a harvest festival for Hindus and is quite popular in the states of Maharashtra (Bornahan), Karnataka, Andhra & Tamilnadu mid January. This is the day when the Sun transitions from winter to Spring. In Northern India too, Lohri is celebrated with great Pomp. The day before Sankranti is called Bhogi and this is when people discard old stuff and habits and concentrate on new things causing change or transformation. Now isn’t that a fab way to start the year? Pin for later Sankranti 2020: Sankranti falls on 14th January, 2020. Why?: On Makar Sankranti, the sun enters the sun-sign of Capricorn or Makara (the Indian rashi). Therefore the ‘Makar’ in the name. The word ‘Sankranti’ signifies the movement of the sun from one zodiac sign to another. Thus, the name of the festival literally means the movement of the sun into Capricorn. May Makar Sankranti Fill Your Life With Sweetness! May The Sun Radiate Peace, Prosperity And Happiness In Your Life On Makar Sankranti And Always! Wish you All a Happy Sankranti via: Srilakshmi Photography Beautiful Makar Sankranti craft via: Kaleidoscope Making a rangoli pattern is a staple tradition of Makar Sankranti. You can make this beautiful rangoli depictibg all the aspects and elements of Makar Sankranti. Start by making an outer design for the mat, kite, kalash, laddoo, sindoor, thread roll, using a chalk piece. Now start filli...

Festivals bring in gaiety and merriment that provides much-needed relief from academic rigor, and when celebrated with a competitive touch, help to channelise students’ talents. In this spirit, CulComm and the Campus Development and Management Committee (CDMC) at NLSIU recently conducted the Makar Sankranti and Pongal celebrations on Sunday, 15th January 2023. These festivals are celebrated to commemorate the end of winter and the onset of spring, and express hopes for a good harvest. To engage the student body, kite-flying and rangoli-making competitions were conducted. These competitions were held from 3-6 PM on the football field. Students from all batches were invited to participate. The kite-flying competition was divided into two rounds. In the first round, the top three teams who were able to keep their kites flying till the end of the round qualified for Round 2. In the second round, the aim was to cut as many kites as possible. After an intense competition, the team of Dhruv Jain, Kaustubh Garg, and Kashish Gupta (IV) won the kite flying competition. The rangoli-making competition saw teams coming up with creative ways to express their thoughts. Professor Radhika Chitkara, who was judging the rounds, declared the team of Ritu (IV), Pallavi Agarwal (IV), Shubhangi (III), and Kriti Jain (IV) as the winning team. Their rangoli was inspired by the Makar Sankranti and Pongal celebrations. It was extremely heartening to see the enthusiastic response even when the end-te...