Lohri,Lohri Festivals,Online Information on latest topics like fashion,beauty,health,fitness,astrology,etc.

Festivals Of India

Diwali	Holi	Christmas
Raksha Bandhan	Janamashtami	Onam
Bhai Doj	Makar Sankranti	Maha Shivratri
Mahavir Jayanti	Easter	Durga Puja
Lohri	Ram Navami	Good Friday
Id Ul Fitr	Gudi Padwa	Karva Chauth

Lohri Festival

Lohri is fundamentally an agricultural festival, filled with merry-making. It is celebrated in the state of Punjab ,which falls one day before Makar Sankranti. While Lohri is essentially a Punjab festival, it is celebrated in some other states of North India as well. In cities like Delhi, which have a predominant Punjabi population, Lohri is celebrated to denote the last of the coldest days of winter.

The festival of Lohri is celebrated outdoors. As it is usually very cold on the 13th of January, a bonfire is lit, and friends and relatives gather around. If there has been a happy occasion in the family, like the birth of a child or a marriage, Lohri is celebrated with much great fun. The happy family usually hosts a party to celebrate the first Lohri of the new child or couple.

Singing and dancing form an intrinsic part of the celebrations. People wear their brightest clothes and come to dance the bhangra and gidda to the beat of the dhol. Punjabi songs are sung, and everybody rejoices.Lohri festival prompts people to be thankful for God's provision and to celebrate his creation, its focus on farming.

Lohri Prayer

A prayer is made to Agni, the god of Fire, and Prasad is distributed. The prasad comprises of five main things: til, gazak, gur, moongphali (peanuts), and phuliya or popcorn. An offering is also made of this Prasad to the sacred fire.

Lohri is celebrated throughout the country in different forms, as a harvest festival. It is called Pongal in the South, Bhugali Bihu in Assam, Bhogi in Andhra Pradesh and Sankranti in the central part of the country. Modes of celebrating Lohri are also different, but the message conveyed by the festival, that of setting aside differences and rejoicing by celebrating the end of the harvest season and the chilly winter, is the same.

Our Featured Links :

Indweb

Kashi

Zaika

Enotes