Makar sankranti is a solar event celebrated all over South Asia and is known by different names in different parts of the country. It is on this day the Sun moves to Capricorn indicating the end of winter and the beginning of summer. People enjoy the festival by sharing sugarcane, boiled sweet potato and groundnuts. People prepare khichdi/pongal and exchange sesame seeds mixed with jaggery.
What makes sesame seeds so important during this festival? The winter till December causes lots of bone and muscle related problems in the body, especially joint pains and sore muscles. Consuming white sesame increases warmth in the body and provides energy.
Makar Sankranti is the time for harvesting of crops for the farmers.
Wish you all a ayusante Sankranti! The Ayurvedic Way of Sankranti
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