Villages soak in Sankranti spirit
The Hindu
The sheen of Sankranti was seen in villages on Bhogi, the first day of the three-day festivities. Farmers decorated their houses and painted their bullock carts.
Farmers performed ‘puja’ to ‘Gadelu’ (paddy storage baskets) and bullocks and prayed the rain god to give bumper crop during the ongoing rabi and kharif seasons this year.
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