Comments on Traveller's Tales: Sankranti, Pongal and Lodi

@backpakker: Absolutely! Every time I have moved ...

2008-01-24T21:16:00.000+05:30

@backpakker: Absolutely! Every time I have moved to a different state in India, there are all the subtle differences I notice even in things that are common to all of India.

i think this is the best part of indian festivals....

2008-01-20T21:48:00.000+05:30

i think this is the best part of indian festivals..they are celebrated in the same spirit though in different names..

@rennyba: India is big, but there are larger count...

2008-01-20T18:41:00.000+05:30

@rennyba: India is big, but there are larger countries. However, it is certainly one of the most diverse.

@madhuri: Yes, I mostly covered parts of India I am personally familiar with. :-)

@zhu: India certainly is colorful, in many ways!

@indicaspecies: Vaisakhi is another popular festival in Punjab and celebrates the beginning of a new harvesting season. Vaisakhi comes in the month of April.

@sank: Interesting! I hadn't heard of a town called Lodi until now. :-)

Threw me for a loop with this one. Lodi is the tow...

2008-01-20T08:19:00.000+05:30

Threw me for a loop with this one. Lodi is the town I grew up in.. thought you had visited... then you can appreciate in the John Fogarty song "Stuck In Lodi Again"... which BTW pretty much describes the place well. Stuck being the operative word.

In Punjab, there's also Baisakhi (or Vaisakhi) whi...

2008-01-18T19:11:00.000+05:30

In Punjab, there's also Baisakhi (or Vaisakhi) which also is another harvest festival. Is it also celebrated at the same time?

A good post. Thanks for sharing such interesting information. A happy feast to you. :)

When I think of India, I think of colors. I love t...

2008-01-18T06:37:00.000+05:30

When I think of India, I think of colors. I love the top picture... exactly how I picture the country. I'd love to go celebrate something over there, I bet it's so much fun!

Isn't it interesting that the same day is celebrat...

2008-01-17T10:28:00.000+05:30

Isn't it interesting that the same day is celebrated in different ways for different reasons in different parts of the country!
But I missed any mention of Rajasthan and Gujarat, where Sankranti is the most important festival - I don't think that the excitement of kite flying in any city of India is greater than that in Jaipur or Ahemdabad. Having spent my childhood in Jaipur, I miss dearly the colors and the festivity of its Sankranti.

Thanks so much for sharing - you know I love to re...

2008-01-17T03:24:00.000+05:30

Thanks so much for sharing - you know I love to read about other cultures and traditions as much as I like to share about Norway's.

Its also interesting to read that the tradition is celebrating differently from districts to district and I guess that shows that the country is really big.

I guess if it would be celebrated in Norway this year, it would have been the Punjab way :-)