2 January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in Thane forest officials plan measures to avoid monkey deaths

n order to curb the deaths of care of this problem. identified as electrocution. monkeys due to electrocution, “Within a gap of a few days, four “The inspection of the area will be the Thane forest officials are such incidents took place, causing five conducted with the help of officials planning to come up with some deaths of monkeys entering the city from electricity (Maharashtra State Imeasures. Since the last month, five limits from the forest area. In one of Electricity Distribution Company monkeys have died due to electric these incidents, two monkeys were Limited) department and officials shocks while hanging through trees buried by the locals, after spotting from Thane Municipal Corporation and poles, at road number 28 in them dead aside the electric poles due (TMC). The branches of trees may Wagle Estate, which is located in to electrocution. Four such incidents be one of the reasons, due to which the vicinity of Thane’s Yeoor range took place in a month at the same the electrical poles and wires would of Sanjay Gandhi National Park location,” said a forest official. be invisible causing these incidents. (SGNP). In view of this, the forest Following the incidents, a medical However, a proper survey will be department with the help of Thane examination was conducted to detect carried following the implementation Municipal Corporation (TMC) and the exact reason behind their deaths. of the proper solutions to curb such electrical supply department will In all the cases, the cause of death incidents,” added the forest official soon come up with steps to take of all the five monkeys has been from Thane.

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he Thane Municipal will be operated on a standard size Corporation (TMC) has cleared The Light Metro in Thane will cover gauge (1.435 meter), which is used for the construction of 29-km 22 stations, including high-density Metro trains too. While Metro trains are LURTS (Light Urban Rail Transit pockets of Wagle Estate, Vijay Nagari, 22 mt in length and their coaches 2.9 to TSystem), which will cover the entire 3.2 mt wide, the Light Metro trains will city as well as provide connectivity Waghbil, Kolshet and Rabodi. While the be 18 mt in length and their coaches will to the Central Railway stations and carrying capacity and speed of Light be 2.65 mt in width. Metro Lines 4 and 5, connecting Thane Metro is lesser than the normal Metro to Wadala and Kalyan respectively. This project is anticipated to be trains, it would be sufficient for Thane. completed by 2025 and will certainly be Thane has done away with its a game changer. The LURTS will be the proposed intra-city Metro line and price differential between the two is a first of its kind in the country. gone ahead with a slimmer and cheaper substantial Rs. 5,930 crore. Light Metro LURTS as the price differential between system is not only cost effective, but it It is expected that the Thane city’s the two transport systems is significant. also requires less land for stations and population will grow to 27 lakh by the The Metro would have burnt a hole in platforms. While Metro platforms need year 2025, out of which, over 5.7 lakh the pockets of TMC as it would cost a to be at least 4mt wide, the same for the passengers are likely to use the Light whopping Rs. 13,095 crore. The LURTS Light Metro can be accommodated in Metro services daily once it is fully will cost Rs. 7,165 crore. Thus the just 1.5 mt wide space. The Light Metro operational. 4 January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in Know Your Ingredients: Oats and Moong

Bhavya Pande Oats and Green Moong Sprouts Tikki Recipe Oats are a whole grain Preparation Time: 30 minutes cereal, rich in dietary Ingredients: fibre, antioxidants, 2 cups green moong sprouts vitamins and minerals ¼ cup of water and thus makes it to ½ cup spring onion greens, finely chopped the list of heart friendly 1 tsp garlic, finely chopped health food. Here’s a 1 cup instant oats recipe which uses green 1-inch ginger, chopped moong sprouts along 1 green chilli or as per taste with oats to provide ½ tsp coriander powder ½ tsp garam masala double the health Few fresh mint leaves, finely chopped benefits. Do try and Chat masala enjoy! Salt to taste Olive oil to shallow fry the tikkis Makes around:12 medium sized tikkis

Procedure

1. Keep all the ingredients ready. garlic, mint, oats, coriander powder, garam masala and 2. Parboil the sprouted green moong dal in a pressure salt to form a dough. cooker using ¼ cup of water and a pinch of salt. Turn off 5. Make small-medium sized tikkis from the dough. the gas after two whistles. 6. Heat a non-stick tawa on a medium flame. Brush it with 3. Save a handful of parboiled sprouts and grind the little olive oil and cook the tikkis on it until they turn remaining sprouts with ginger and green chillies in a golden brown on both the sides. mixer to make a smooth paste. 7. Sprinkle it with chat masala and serve it hot with green 4. Mix the sprouts paste with chopped spring onion greens, chutney or any sauce of your choice.

Eat Healthy. Feel Healthy. Stay Healthy! January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in 5 Joshi-Bedekar College becomes Thane’s 1st autonomous institute

ast month, Thane’s Joshi-Bedekar autonomous status, the college will in the market. Such colleges also have College received autonomous enjoy the discretion to add modern the privilege to evolve methods of status and became the first educational courses and tools/ assessment and conduct their own such institute in the city. The techniques to make the education examinations and declare results. Lcollege is one of the most popular process more attractive, effective, and The University Grants Commission educational institutions in Thane. It intriguing. The courses will be curated (UGC), a statutory body under the was started in 1969 and is managed taking into consideration the demands government of India, is tasked with by Vidya Prasarak Mandal (VPM). VPM from the job markets as well as the latest maintaining standards of teaching, has another 12 institutes under its trends. examination and research in university umbrella. Now that the institute has The institute has been receiving ’A’ education. As per UGC’s criteria, a garnered autonomous status, it has grade accreditation for the last three college seeking autonomy must be the freedom to reconstruct and design cycles. More than 7,000 students study accredited by the National Assessment the course or syllabus from time to today in the Arts and Commerce College. and Accreditation Council (NAAC), with time, making it viable to students An autonomous college has the at least an ‘A’ grade for at least three within Thane city. freedom to determine and prescribe cycles of accreditation. If the NAAC score Apart from the professional and its own courses of study and syllabus. is equal to or above 3.51, the institute vocational courses, the college can It can redesign courses to suit the local can be declared as an autonomous also include skill-oriented courses that needs and include more skill-oriented institute without an onsite visit by UGC’s will bring more employment. With courses based on the job requirements expert committee. 6 January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in Origami with Bob

obbie Vijayakkar, better known as “Bob” by his loved ones (that includes almost everyone who knows him personally), is not Bonly a renowned Architect and Interior Designer by profession, but also an “Origamist” by passion, with decades of creative and teaching experience. They say you learn things quicker when you are young and that is exactly how it started for Bob. He started learning Origami as a teenager and eventually saw this hobby turn into his passion. Today, he wishes to share his passion and knowledge of this unique Japanese art by conducting Origami workshops for school kids, students of Architecture and Interior Designing, and corporate and industry professionals. His love for origami has seen him have passion, Bob ensured that not even the schedule, he manages to pull out time for successful stints at Arts festivals such as prevailing pandemic is going to stop him. his passion and continues to spread his Sanskruti Arts Festival, Hindustan Times During the lockdown, Bob conducted knowledge of the same. Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Bombay Times several online Origami workshops for kids Bob is truly an epitome of being a Happy Streets, arts & Fashion designing from NGOs and children of the executives “People’s person”. This is something he of Procter & Gamble. has portrayed throughout his life by This is by far one of engaging with all sections of society. the most challenging Recently he engaged with approximately roles he has faced 50 visually impaired students along during his teaching with their art teacher in exciting hands- career due to the on learning at an Origami workshop barriers possessed under the capable management of by the pandemic, but Ar. Kavita Murugkar of BNCA College this has not stopped of Architecture – Pune. This was a him from conducting daunting task and one in which Bob workshops time flourished, thanks to his compassionate after time. nature, inherent patient attitude, and Even with an his love for teaching. Currently, Bob immensely conducts workshops at Saptasopan the busy Neuropsychological centre for the Senior citizen program of Dr. Anand Kulkarni’s IHP – Thane, as well as at Tridal – IPH’s rehabilitation project for the specially- abled. schools like NIFT, Corporate and Every festival season brings out new Government Institutional meets of and opportunities for Bob to showcase several charities shows, workshops his art. This Christmas season is for several NGOs for children with going to be just the same as HIV, orphanages including the Bob has decided to display his premier- Rotary club of Jaipur Christmas themed Origami and a lot more! work at his home. Not just Being a person who display, this time they loves to constantly are up for SALE! learn and excel in his January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in 7 Thane’s Singhania school imparts education in rural Madhya Pradesh

e have been saying this students lived. We looked for space to far too long …Rethink, run a Singhania School in the villages of Relearn, Redefine & Lodhikhera and Boregaon. A couple of Redesign, Education. And enthusiastic like-minded parents helped Wwe made the beginning, in the Spring us with a small community hall in each of 2020! Every educator across the of these villages. We only wanted our globe developed a greater sense of teachers to reach out to the children. purpose, an urgency to carry out the The villagers supported us. Students in tasks, all the essential skills-sets to small numbers have started attending go with it and re-discovered the joy school in their own neighbourhood. of teaching thus, we started realizing The teachers in the villages have started our own potential. So, in March we their sessions with great enthusiasm. It had it clearly spelt out - Find your is lovely to see teachers and students calling and change the world you are walk to the Village Study Centers. in. The students may not have the best One of my schools is tucked deep in facilities but the learning has continued the rural Madhya Pradesh where 90% of especially for those without devices. the children come from villages close- We don’t have to wait for a by. They are first generation learners. Revolution in Education to happen, we They do not have devices at home to just can take small steps to make a big access online classes. Some do have a be solution. The solution here required difference. smartphone but they are available to changing our own mind-set. Thanks to So, what do we call our school? A the children only after the parent returns all my teachers at Lodhikhera who cared little voice screamed – “Mohalla School” home from work. In the initial months to make a beginning. Proud to say –My Neighbourhood we did what we could - sent recorded If children cannot come to school, School. materials, worksheets, YouTube uploads can we take the school to the children? and even had telephonic tutoring. But, And then, we worked hard and long. Revathi Srinivasan is the Director - that was no fun. We knew that if we Teachers walked through the by-lanes Education Singhania Schools and Principal, had a problem on hand, there ought to of the villages where most of our Smt Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane 8 January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in Sweet Success

Shailesh Kolte Kiaamya

Niikhil Ballal / Juili Kulkarni he latest entrant into the striving and he decided to take him along Kolte was at crossroads. He could either hustling and bustling sweets to Ahmednagar. There he gave him job. go back to Jalgaon or pave a different and namkeen market of When it seemed that everything would be way for him. He decided to do the latter. Thane is Kiaamya. Though fine, Govind was removed from that job Govind went to Mumbai. There again Tthe brand set its foot on the city of after the retirement of hismaternal uncle. he started working as a daily wage lakes on October 8, 2019, its parent labourer. He worked all day long and company has been around for close then slept on footpaths. Many a times the to four decades. Under the umbrella police used to whack the people sleeping of Mahalaxmi Sweets and Namkeen, on footpaths and once he was at the a leading name in Jalgaon, the Kolte receiving end of the same. He decided family has been serving quality to search a new place. He found one and products since 1983. It offers an slept outside a house. Next morning the avalanche of delicacies including owner of the house saw him and was chivda, shev, pedha, barfi, shrikhand, surprised. Though the owner allowed chocolates, dry fruits and many more. Govind to sleep there, he wanted him to It all started in the early 1980s when clean the utensils in return. Govind Kolte, a hardworking gentleman After a few days, that house owner’s slogged day in and day out to meet son in law, on his visit, met Govind and both ends. With a modest financial upon his father in law’s request called background, it was not a smooth ride Kolte to his office. He gave Kolte a job in for Kolte. Just like his father, Govind did a factory (W.G.Forging Co.). All seemed to odd jobs on the farm to earn money. be going well till that house owner left for He studied till seventh standard and his native place. Again there was no place was forced to drop out due to dearth of for Kolte to sleep. To solve this issue, he finances. However that did not deter him. decided to take up night shift. He worked He was determined to work hard which from 8pm to 8am in the factoryand helped him change his fortunes. slept between 12noon and 6pm in a Govind’s maternal uncle saw him movie theatre. This was the routine January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in 9

for sometime and finally Kolte and his pedha. Gradually, barfi, kajukatli, shev, etc. his expertise has been very useful in couple of friends rented a place in Kopri. started finding their feet in the factory. the growth of the business. In 2005, He continued to work in the night shift In 1998, another factory was the entire working was based on ERP. though. A few days later, he got an offer opened and it housed over 50 products. Company’s website was developed in to go to Kudal where a new branch of his Shailesh’s brother Deepak joined the 2006 and Koltes started taking orders factory was being opened. He grabbed family business in 2003. Deepak is a online. In 2015, they introduced an app the opportunity with both hands as he gold medalist in food technology and for the same. knew he would earn an Apart from serving extra buck. quality delicacies, Koltes In 1979 Kolte got believe in top notch married and in view of packaging. Once Govind starting his own family had got mithai from moved from company Nashik. By the time his quarters to a posh chawl. family had it in Jalgaon, Govind always believed it did not smell good. in having good people That time the Koltes around that’s why he realized that though the rented a decent place. quality of mithai was Govind’s elder son nice, bad packaging Shailesh was born in led to its downfall. 1980 and the younger Mahalaxmi Sweets and one Deepak in 1981. Just Namkeen is the first adjacent to his chawl, company in India to there was another chawl, use ITC Paperboards for where a gentleman by packaging. Using quality the name Tayshete was into the chivda In 1998, another factory was paper ensures the taste of the product. business. He asked Kolte if he could opened and it housed over 50 There is yet another aspect in which work with him in the business. Kolte products. Shailesh’s brother they have been the pioneers and that agreed. After few years, Tayshete shared Deepak joined the family business is use of pharma grade sugar in their the recipe with Kolte. After gaining in 2003. Deepak is a gold medalist products. Since 1998, they have used experience, Kolte decided to expand pharma grade sugar instead of the the business and therefore he went to in food technology and his regular sugar. They believe in providing Jalgaon. He started with a small shop expertise has been very useful healthy food to our customer. in 1983. Till 1993, Kolte made and sold in the growth of the business. Therefore, they ensure that we use only only chivda. Around late 1992, he took a In 2005, the entire working good quality and safe ingredients in big space in MIDC and started a factory; was based on ERP. Company’s our delicacies. Mahalaxmi Sweets and Namkeen. website was developed in 2006 At present, Mahalaxmi Foods and Slowly and steadily, Kolte increased and Koltes started taking orders Kiaamya manufactures and sells over his repertoire and introduced more online. In 2015, they introduced an 200 items and have unequivocally products. Seeking guidance from Milan app for the same. carved a good name for them across Mithai, he started with manufacturing India. 10 January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in Happy New Year

There is seldom any doubt that the year 2020 was a tough • Keep your belongings clean one for the entire world. Now that we have stepped into • Drink more water the year 2021, it is the time for a fresh beginning with a • Eat healthily new year’s resolution. Here are some of the New Year’s • Reduce screen time resolutions for you. These are small but effective practices which can bring you • 1-hour workout great results if you make them part of your daily routine. In • Complete a fitness goal fact, these things should be part of your daily practice to lead • Meditation practice a healthier and happier life. • practice • Give your relationship more time • Try new workouts • Grow your business If you want to see yourself as a fitter and a healthier • Quit bad habits/practices person, then these choices are for you. Take up any of the • Practice empathy above resolutions to achieve your mental and physical fitness • Complete unaccomplished goals of 2020 goal this year. You tend to forgo your relationships with your family or • Learn a skill closed ones due to varied reasons like work, goals, etc. But by • Earn a degree giving time to relationships, you can maintain your emotional • Learn cooking well-being and live a happier life. If you have any habit like • Inculcate sustainable practices smoking, drinking, etc, then make a decision to give up these • Learn a good habit habits this year to live a healthier life. • Learn a new language • Practice gratitude This year, you can indulge yourself in learning any • Be thankful even for little things skill such as cooking, baking or enrol yourself in a degree • Eat at home, leave eating from outside programme to get a promotion. You can choose to inculcate • Practice good hygiene a good habit in your daily routine to make a big difference in These are small but very effective practices like practising your life. gratitude, eating at home over junk or outside food and • Give family time practising good hygiene. If you have always wanted to live a • Read book simple and thankful life, then you should start to make these • Read the newspaper every morning practices a part of your life beginning from 2021. • Maintain journal • Start saving 50 percent of salary • Do gardening • Buy health insurance These things can be inculcated in your routine by setting • Invest in stocks aside a time from daily chores and indulging yourself in It is good to keep some savings in your stock to meet the reading a book, or doing gardening or writing a diary. needs during the emergency days. For example, if we look • Make your skin glow back to the initial days of lockdown when the job loss was • Complete 10,000 steps a day touching the peaks, it is, therefore, necessary to save some • Waking up early part of your salary or invest it. You can buy health insurance • Brush twice a day for yourself and your family or parents. • Give time for your hobby Some parts of the article are sourced from India Today January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in 11

WHY DO INDIANS CELEBRATE REPUBLIC DAY? “Why Indians celebrate Republic Day?” Dr B R Ambedkar as chairman. While is a book written by S P Sharma. The India’s Independence Day celebrates its book was published on December 25, freedom from British Rule, the Republic 2019. The book is just 24 pages long Day celebrates the coming into force and is a good read for those who want of its constitution. A draft constitution to get a quick understanding of India’s was prepared by the committee and Republic Day. submitted to the Constituent Assembly India achieved independence from on 4 November 1947. British Raj on 15 August 1947 following The Assembly met, in sessions open the Indian independence movement. The to the public, for 166 days, spread over independence came through the Indian a period of two years, 11 months and 18 Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo 6 c days before adopting the Constitution. 30), an Act of the Parliament of the United After many deliberations and some Kingdom that partitioned British India modifications, the 308 members of into the two new independent Dominions the Assembly signed two hand-written of the British Commonwealth (later copies of the document (one each in Commonwealth of Nations). Hindi and English) on 24 January 1950. India obtained its independence Two days later which was on 26 January on 15 August 1947 as a constitutional 1950, it came into effect throughout monarchy with George VI as head of the whole nation. On that day began state and Earl Mountbatten as governor- Dr. Rajendra Prasad’s first term of office general. The country, though, did not yet as President of the Indian Union. The have a permanent constitution; instead its Constituent Assembly became the laws were based on the modified colonial Parliament of India under the transitional Government of India Act 1935. On 29th provisions of the new Constitution. This August 1947, a resolution was moved for Drafting Committee was appointed to date is celebrated in India as the Republic the appointment of Drafting Committee, draft a permanent constitution, with Day. January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in 12 Egg demand increases during pandemic

he demand for eggs in hoteliers. Rates have also risen as Maharashtra has increased demand has increased. The rising drastically in winters, as demand for eggs has led to an increase medical experts are advising in egg prices in the city to Rs60 - Rs72 Tpeople to consume eggs rich in per dozen. Similarly, the packed eggs protein to build immunity against which were selling at Rs. 75 are now Coronavirus disease (COVID19) available at Rs. 90 for buyers. According infection. The promotion of eggs as a to NECC, Pune, the COVID-19 crisis has ‘rich source of protein’ and ‘immunity broken the back of the poultry farmers booster’ during the COVID-19 crisis and the rising demand and confidence has brightened the prospects of of the citizenry for eggs has led to an poultry farmers. egg shortage and price rise. Pune, Mumbai and Thane are Despite the increase in demand, currently consuming 1.5 crore eggs per the supply of eggs is smooth. Poultry day. The domestic consumption of eggs traders from rural areas of Pune district for Pune is pegged between 35-40 lakh supply eggs to Pune city. Also, traders eggs on a daily basis while the current from Vita in Sangli district as well as supply was around 25 lakh, as per NECC those from Satara district sell eggs in (National Egg Coordination Committee) Pune city. In case of shortage of eggs data. The egg consumption in the demand for eggs has drastically risen in Maharashtra, eggs are procured country has gone up to 20-25 crore per due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Eggs from poultry traders in Hyderabad and day. were in demand from cake makers for Karnataka. However, at present, the The demand for eggs increases Christmas and also ahead of the New supply of eggs is sufficient to meet the every year in winters. However, the Year, as well as from retailers including demand. January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in 13 THE SECOND INNINGS OF LIFE

India is the second most populous Nikita Vete Preservation means that your capital is country after China with a population of protected. Now the Market offers various 1.38 crore. While India has a very young products which fulfil the above requirements- demography, on the other hand its ageing sever distress in future. Post Office Plans, RBI Bonds, Corporate FDs, population is seen to have a steady rise. Bank FDs, Insurance Companies Pension It is predicted that the Senior Citizen So what can be done to create the Plans and Mutual Fund options like SWP. population will contribute almost 16% of most suitable retirement period? Along with the above, significant attention the population in 2041, which is almost Firstly, one needs to understand the should be given to maintaining adequate double of what was predicted in 2011. real meaning of retirement is to connect Health cover and also an emergency fund with it. All our lives, we travel through three (through Liquid Fund) Have you wondered how many stages, the Learning Stage followed by the Thirdly, if you are the one who own a people that you know will be part of Earning Stage and lastly the Spending Stage. business or has sizeable properties then it these numbers? Retirement is the celebration of all your lives is a must to also do your estate planning Now that you have given a slight hard work. It is all about YOU. It is your time for the right succession planning. Estate thought on that, let us ponder some more. to splurge on yourself. planning is when one takes full authority What do you think, have these individuals Secondly, now that you will connected of disposing of their assets in case of their considered doing their retirement planning? let us focus on the key components of demise. The same can be achieved through To understand this situation better consider Retirement Panning. Here, you should Will Making. Passing on your Legacy is a your parents, have they given a serious categorize your spending into ‘Desires’ Skill, if not done right, it can destroy families thought on it? or if they are retired – was and ‘Mandatory Tasks’. This will give you a Thus, you can leave the richest inheritance their planning sound? better idea when it comes to channelizing through Will Making Most of the investors consider Retirement the money. Then, the objective of retirement Thus, seriously consider your retirement Planning as a herculean task, leading them planning should be both appreciation and planning for a better tomorrow! into procrastination. For others, it is their preservation of the corpus. Appreciation ‘children’ who are their retirement plan. of corpus means that your investments are Nikita Vete is Executive Assistant at Vete Both the mentioned situations can cause a churning and giving to stable returns and Associates 14 January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in TMC scraps desalination plant project

Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske he Thane Municipal said, “The plant 2019. The plant also faced opposition Corporation (TMC) has finally is very costly and not from the farmers, which the officials scrapped the desalination feasible for the city. In the claim was addressed. plant project, which was In 2019, before the civic elections, Tproposed four years back. The times of the pandemic the corporation had given a work desalination plant was to be set up the corporation has lost order for the first phase of desalinating along the creek to convert the creek heavy revenue and it is 20MLD water. water into potable water. not feasible to take this An officer requesting anonymity The project was shelved by the additional cost for the said, “We had spent 15 lakh on general body last month stating that it formulating the proposal and land was too costly for the city and there was plant. Thus, we have acquisition so far. However we have a need to explore other ways of water decided to scrap the plant.” now got a letter from the general body conservation. to scrap the plant. Thus, we cannot go Thane city receives 480MLD (million ahead with the said project.” litres per day) water from the civic to solve this issue, the administration The total cost of the plant was 150Cr. body’s own water supply scheme, had proposed desalinating the creek The issue of the desalination Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation water, which would be used for potable plant was raised by former standing (BMC), Maharashtra Industrial purposes. committee chairman Ram Repale, who Development Corporation (MIDC) However, the plant project was asked the general body about its status. and Shahad-Temghar Water Supply opposed by the opposition who claimed Ironically, the Shiv Sena had Authority (STEM). that there were many other ways to supported the plant right from the Taking into cognizance the growing increase water resources. The opposition beginning and even approved it amidst population of the city, this water will had also filed a petition in the High chaos in the general body meeting held not be sufficient in the future. In order Court, which the court dismissed in two years ago. January 2021 / knowyourtown.co.in 15

Happy Makar Tilgul ghya ! goad goad bola

akar Sankranti is also a beneficiary to health in multiple ways. eaten. In Tamil Nadu, the festival is known known as Maghi or Makara The tradition of kite flying is for a healthy as and people eat rice, which is Sankranti. The festival is exposure in the early morning Sun. These boiled with fresh milk and jaggery. The celebrated by and is initial rays are healthy and a good source dish is made more elaborate with toppings Mdedicated to Surya, the Sun God in the of Vitamin D. It is also considered to be of cashew nuts, brown sugar and raisins. Hindu pantheon. It is observed on 14 good for skin and helps in fighting many Other integral parts of the festival are January each year. As such, the festival infections and sickness caused by the fairs or melas, bonfires, dancing, feasts, is supposed to mark the first day when chilly winter winds. and flying of kites. The festival has been the sun is transiting into the Capricorn, Why do we eat tilguls? there for around 2000 years. On this day, also known as Makara. Tilgul Ladoos are sweetmeats made of plenty of people visit rivers and lakes also marks the end of the month sesame seeds and jaggery. It is typically sacred to them and bathe while thanking when the winter , which is also derived from Maharashtrian culture that the sun. Makar Sankranti also sees Kumbh referred to as the darkest night of the is followed by saying, “Tilgul ghya ani Mela, which happens to be one of the year, happens. It also signals that longer goad goad bola” which translates to ‘eat largest mass pilgrimages of the world days are here again. As per Hindu these sesame seeds and jaggery and every 12 years. It is estimated that around tradition, Makar Sankranti also marks speak sweet words’. The distribution of 40 to 100 million people take part in the the beginning of Uttarayana, a six- sweets signifies bonding and forgetting same. It is said that was month auspicious period. ill past and simply spreading sweetness. started by a sage named . Makar Sankranti is one of the most The scientific importance of these sweets During this event people say a important festivals of the is that sesame seeds help in keeping the prayer that is dedicated to Surya and and celebrates the sun’s journey into the body warm and provide good amount of then bathe. It happens at a confluence northern hemisphere, a period which is oil that is essential to provide moisture named Prayaga. This is where River Ganga considered to be highly auspicious. Makar during winter. meets River Yamuna. These two rivers Sankranti is believed to be a time for How is Makar Sankranti Festival are also accorded divine status in the peace and prosperity. celebrated? Indian pantheon. Makar Sankranti is an In India with the new year comes As may be the case with just about auspicious festival, hence people donate the festival of Makar Sankranti, a festival any and every other festival in India items to the poor and underprivileged. celebrated by Hindus. Makar Sankranti is a Makar Sankranti is celebrated with lots Some of the items donated are food, festival famous for its sesame sweets and of decorations. People wear new clothes blankets, clothes, etc. kite flying. and savor homemade delicacies which are Why do we fly kites? usually made of jaggery (gul) and sesame This article is sourced from Wikipedia, The festival of Makar Sankranti is quite seeds (til). In some parts, Khichdi is also Economic Times, and Maps of India. Published on: 10th of Every Month, Posting Date: 15th & 16th of every Month, Posted at: BPC Thane 400601

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