Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today greeted people on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti.
Taking to Twitter, the CM conveyed his best wishes to the people and prayed for their wellbeing and prosperity.
ପବିତ୍ର ମକର ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି ଅବସରରେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ମୋର ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ ଓ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା। ଆନନ୍ଦ ଉଲ୍ଲାସର ପର୍ବ ମକର ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତିରେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ସୁଖମୟ ଜୀବନ କାମନା କରୁଛି। pic.twitter.com/LfQXXjrviM
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) January 15, 2020
Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival, is being celebrated in all parts of Odisha with religious fervor.
The day marks the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial path. The day is also believed to mark the arrival of spring in India.
Makara Sankranthi is a solar event making one of the few Indian festivals which fall on the same date in the Gregorian calendar every year:
On the occasion, devotees converged on the pilgrim town of Puri and visited the temple of Lord Jagannath to witness the special rituals.