Festivals in Himachal Pradesh

Lohri is a midwinter folk and harvest festival that marks the passing of the winter solstice and the end of winter. It is a traditional welcome of longer days and the sun's journey to the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the Indian harvest festivals observed on or near Makar Sankranti (in the month of Magha in the Indian calendar) and falls on the night before Maghi (in the month of Magh in the Punjabi calendar) which commonly falls on 13 January every year. It is celebrated primarily in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan and also other regions of northern India such as Duggar and Jammu

Maghi is a Punjabi cultural festival, the Indian harvest festival celebrated on winter solstice. Maghi falls on the first day of the month of Magh and is celebrated in Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Himachal Pradesh. It follows on the heels of the mid-winter festival of Lohri which is marked by bonfires in North Indian fields and yards. The next morning is seen as an auspicious occasion for ritual bathing in ponds and rivers.

Harela is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and mainly in Mahasu region of Himachal Pradesh. This festival is very popular in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, and is celebrated by the name Harela. This name is used in some places of Garhwal but, it is not commonly used, as the festival is celebrated as Mol-Sankranti or as Rai-Sagrān. It is called Hariyali/Rihyali in Kangra, Shimla and Sirmaur districts, and Dakhrain in Jubbal and Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.

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