Makar Sankranti 2022

Date- 15.01.2022

Time- 08:30 am onwards

Venue- In front of Santripti , Santripti and CR Block

Makar Sankranti/Sankranti, the harvest festival, is a seasonal celebration in honour of Lord Surya. This auspicious festival is a seasonal celebration in honour of Lord Surya. It acknowledges the sun’s arrival in Makara rashi, i.e., the Capricorn zodiac sign. Makar Sankranti is celebrated to mark the end of the winter season while welcoming longer days due to the northward movement of the sun. This year, the festival is on Saturday, January 15, 2022.

Makar Sankranti is celebrated with great joy all over the country. It is considered as a day which brings prosperity, peace and happiness. Devotees bathe in the water of sacred rivers such as the Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri. They believe that, by doing so, they clear them of their sins. Worshippers also ensure to express their gratitude and pay tribute to the Sun God by performing several spiritual acts. Sweets made from sesame and jaggery such as laddoos and chikkis are shared amongst people. This symbolises a desire for unity, peace and harmony. People celebrate Makar Sankranti by wearing ethnic wear clothes and will do pooja to Goddess Laxmi, Saraswathi and Ganesha by offering flowers and some homemade sweets in their home. Indus Business Academy(IBA) which is also known as INDIAPURA and MINI-INDIA, is a home for people from different parts of India. IBA follows the culture and tradition of celebrating every festival, where students celebrate and show active participation. As a part, Makar Sankranti was celebrated on 15th January 2022. We started with a pooja in front of Santripi, preparation was started at 7:00 am. Male students were dressed up with dhoti and shirts and female students were dressed in saree. At first, the place was decorated with colorful rangoli which consists of sugarcane sticks and flowers on it. Then, it was started with pooja to Goddess Laxmi, Saraswathi and Ganesha, which was attended by all the on-campus students and online students. After the pooja, every student prayed to the goddess by offering flowers and the sweet which was offered to the goddess was given to all the students. After that, there was a rangoli competition for six groups of 2021-23, who were interested in the rangoli competition. And the interesting part of the festival is Lunch. We had a complete South-Indian meal for lunch, which consists of 7 different items. The food was served by some seniors and also the group of juniors to others. After lunch, there was a kite flying session which was attended by Manish Jain Sir with his son and Bhavya Madam. And special badam milk was given to all the members who attended the session. It is one of the most memorable days for the students of batch 2020-22 and especially for the students of batch 2021-23 in IBA.