The first celebration that welcomes a warm festive beginning
to the New Year is the Makar Sankranti festival. Makar denotes the Zodiac
Capricorn while Sankranti denotes transition. On this day, the Sun enters into
Capricorn making the occasion special for us to celebrate!
On this day people exchange multi-colored tilguds made from
til (sesame seeds) and sugar. While exchanging tilguls as tokens of
goodwill people greet each other saying – ‘til-gul ghya, god god bola’ meaning
‘accept these tilguls and speak sweet words’. The under-lying thought in the
exchange of tilguls is to forget the past ill-feelings and hostilities and
resolve to speak sweetly and remain friends.
Team SI
Mumbai (Bombay) Time
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