most recent 30 from http://forpune.com 2010-09-07T12:45:18Z http://forpune.com/feeds/question/899 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://forpune.com/questions/899/tradition-associated-with-makar-sakranti-in-pune Mukesh Agarwal 2010-01-14T12:00:55Z 2010-03-12T10:33:57Z

<p>What are the tradition associated with Makar Sakranti in Pune </p>

http://forpune.com/questions/899/tradition-associated-with-makar-sakranti-in-pune/904#904 Amit Paranjape 2010-01-14T20:08:31Z 2010-01-15T09:11:12Z

<p>For general Makar Sankranti related information, the Wikipedia link (as usual!) provides good information -- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankranthi" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankranthi</a></p> <p>For Pune specifically, I can think of the following (I am not saying these are completely Pune specific..):</p> <p>1 The 'Til Gul' Sweet Delicacy - As the name suggests, made from Til and Gul are distributed by people amongst each other. The Marathi expression - 'Til Gul Ghya, God Bola!' is also commonly used when distributing 'Til Gul' (Quite literally, translates to - 'Have Tilgul..speak nicely/sweetly/ !')</p> <p>Another sweet item made during Sankranti is 'Halwa' - made from sugar.</p> <p>2 Wearing black (especially amongst women). </p> <p>3 Kite flying - this has always been at a much lower intensity than that seen in Gujrat and Rajasthan. And seems like its dying down even more :(</p> <p>4 'Haldi-Kunku' ceremonies...</p>