Musician show decorated bull gangireddu skills during sankranti pongal hindu festival on January 13,2013 in Hyderabad,India.
Hindu festival Pongal is the only festival is as per solar calendar,celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year marking of the beginning of Uttarayana, the Sun's movement northward for a six month period. In Hinduism, Uttarayana is considered auspicious. Makara Sankranthi refers to the event of the Sun entering the zodiac sign of Makara or mark the end of the traditional farming festival is celebrated for four Mattu Pongal day thanks to the cows and buffaloes offered as they are involved in agricultural activities. Celebrations include drawing of Kolam, swinging and cooking of delicious Pongal.
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Location: Ravindra bharati,Hyderabad,India.
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