India / No kite flying on Makar Sankranti in Karauli for 250 years, know the reason

Makar Sankranti Kite Flying: The festival of Makar Sankranti will be celebrated across the country on January 14. People celebrating Makar Sankranti will wake up early in the morning and take bath and then do charity. There is also a special tradition of flying kites on Makar Sankranti. However, it is difficult to say when the kite flying started on Makar Sankranti, but there is a city in Rajasthan where not a single kite has been flown on Makar Sankranti for the last 250 years. Let us know why kites are not flown here on Makar Sankranti and what is the reason behind it?

Kites do not fly here on Makar Sankranti

Most people enjoy kite flying on the day of Makar Sankranti. But in Karauli city of Rajasthan, kite flying is not done on the day of Makar Sankranti for the last 250 years. Since the time of Maharaja Gopal Singh, instead of Makar Sankranti, there is a tradition of kite flying on the day of Janmashtami and Raksha Bandhan. The people of Karauli have been following this tradition of Makar Sankranti for the last 250 years.

People are following 250 years old tradition

According to media reports, Karauli was earlier a princely state and the people here are still following the tradition of the time of the king 250 years ago. Although some people consider Madan Mohan's idol in Karauli as the reason for this. There is a tradition of charity and charity on the day of Makar Sankranti in Karauli, but kites are not flown.

This is how Makar Sankranti is celebrated in Karauli

Know that on the day of Makar Sankranti, people do charity and charity in Karauli. Bhandaras are also organized at various places on Makar Sankranti in Karauli. People distribute warm clothes, jaggery and other food items among the poor.

These things are donated to the poor

The local people of Karauli also say that there is no tradition of flying kites on Makar Sankranti. There is a tradition of donating to the poor on Makar Sankranti. Here Pua, Puri, Mangoda and warm clothes etc. are donated to the poor. Every year Bhandara is also organized here on Makar Sankranti.