Chandana Kannada Sangha ಚಂದನ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಂಘ

Sankranthi
Tuesday, 08 February 2011 16:53
What is Sankranthi?
Report by Deepa Kote
President, CKS Youth Group
Sankranthi is a harvest festival usually celebrated on January 14th or January 15th every year. It is a festival of the Sun God and it is a very auspicious day. Sankranthi translates into "sacred change", because the sun changes zodiacs, and climate-wise, winter is over and the beginning of the harvest and spring starts in India.

We celebrate Sankranthi in Karnataka by making special foods like Ellu-Bella, sweet pongal and khara pongal, and we also draw rangolis and fly kites. We (the kids) dress up and give ellu-bella (seasame seed - jaggery - peanut mixture, sakkare achchu (Sugar candy), kabbu (sugar cane), fruits) to all our friends and families. The significance of doing this is to tell everyone that eat this ellu-bella and talk good or in other words it means lead a good life, be a role model to others.