Kite topping on sesame treats

Kolhapur | Sunday | 15th January, 2017

Summary:

The city celebrated the onset of harvest festival on Saturday with greetings of Tilgul ghya and goad goad bola (eat tilgul and talk sweetly). During this ceremony, we invite friends and family and exchange treats and gifts with them. "Bor-nahan (berry-shower ceremony) is celebrated on Sankranti where children receive gifts and blessings from elders in their family. "Another resident, Madhura Yadav said, "Haldi-kunku is the most important ceremony of the festival for married women. The colour black is particularly significant for married women who socialise and exchange haldi-kunku and also distribute small utility gifts known as 'vaan' to other women in their friends and family..