Makar Sankranti is a very popular festival celebrated all over India. Traditionally this festival marks the end of the harvest, but it is celebrated for a variety of reasons in different forms in different parts of India.

Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the last day of the Bengali month of Poush. In Bengal, this day is one of the most auspicious time of the year. Thousands of pilgrims from different parts of the country gather at Gangasagar.

Makar Sankranti one of the most auspicious day for Hindus. On this day Sun enters into the Northern Hemisphere. This festival is celebrated alomost all parts of India in different cultural forms.

Makar means Capricorn and Sankranti is transition. Makar Sankranti Festival has its Spiritual and Cultural significance in Hindu religion and it is celebrated across India.