Lohri 2025 Celebration: Lohri is celebrated with great pomp across the country including Punjab, Haryana and Himachal. In this festival, apart from eating peanuts, revdi, popcorn and peanuts and giving prasad to people, know what is done on this day.
Lohri 2025 Celebration: Lohri is considered to be the main festival of farmers. In this festival celebrated after getting the harvest, farmers light Lohri to please the fire god. This festival is celebrated all over the country including Punjab, Haryana and Himachal, but its grandeur in Punjab is worth seeing. People light a fire and do parikrama.
Offering gajak and revdi in the burning Lohri is considered very auspicious. In Lohri also, like Holika Dahan, a small pile of cow dung cakes and wood is made. All the members of the family stand around it and celebrate by singing and dancing. Women warm the fire of Lohri by taking their small children in their lap. It is believed that this keeps the child healthy and he does not get evil eye.
Lohri 2025 Celebration
Astrologer Dr. Anish Vyas told that in Hindu mythology, Agni is considered the mouth of the gods. Farmers who celebrate Lohri in this way believe that the portion of food offered to the fire reaches the gods. By doing this, people express their gratitude to the Sun God and Agni Dev. The people of Punjab believe that by doing this, everyone gets their rights and Mother Earth gives a good crop. No one faces shortage of food. This festival is considered very important in Punjab. It is considered important for the person whose first Lohri is after marriage to celebrate Lohri by staying at home and taking blessings from the elders.
Who was Dulla Bhatti
Dulla Bhatti lived in Punjab during the time of Mughal ruler Akbar. He was honored with the title of hero of Punjab because earlier big and rich merchants used to buy girls. Then this brave man freed the girls and also got them married. In this way, the brave man who respected women is remembered on Lohri. Dulla Bhatti used to rob the oppressive rich and distribute the money among the poor. Once he himself got a poor girl of a village married as his sister.
This festival is special for farmers.
This festival has special importance for farmers. They see this festival as a welcome for the new crop. The festival of Lohri is also seen as a sign of the departure of winter and the arrival of spring. On this festival, people light a bonfire at night and dance while circling around it. Wheat ears and corn are also put in this bonfire. The religious importance of this festival is also very special for Punjabis.
Tradition of Lohri
In Punjab, Lohri is also called Tilodi. This word is made up of Til and Rodi. Rodi is a dish made from jaggery and roti. There is a tradition of eating and sharing Til and Jaggery on the day of Lohri. This festival is associated with the story of Dulla Bhatti and Mata Sati. It is believed that on this day Mata Sati had immolated herself in the Yagya of Prajapati Daksh. Along with this, on this day, folk hero Dulla Bhatti, who saved the honor of Sikh girls from the terror of the Mughals. Even today, the festival of Lohri is celebrated in his memory. People get together and sing folk songs and drums are played.
How is Lohri celebrated?
Lohri 2025 Celebration: Lohri festival is celebrated with great pomp on the last night of the month of Paush. Lohri festival is celebrated to mark the end of winter and the advent of spring. On this day people gather in the fields and barns to celebrate Lohri together. On this day in the evening people light a fire and celebrate Lohri by dancing and singing around it. There is a tradition of putting Rewadi, peanuts, puffed rice, and corn grains in this fire. Along with this, various kinds of delicacies are also prepared in homes. People dance, sing and celebrate with each other and celebrate.
Celebration of the first Lohri
Lohri 2025 Celebration: It is believed that in the house where there is a new marriage, the first anniversary of the marriage or the birth of a child, Lohri is celebrated with great enthusiasm. On the day of Lohri, unmarried girls go from house to house wearing colorful new clothes and ask for Lohri. It is believed that to avoid the cold in Paush, people find comfort by lighting a fire and also sing Lohri songs. In this, children, old people all start dancing in harmony and rhythm. Along with this, Giddha and Bhangra are also performed with the beats of the drum.
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