उत्तरायण (पतंगबाजी उत्सव)

While Makar Sankranti is pan-Hindu, Gujarat and Rajasthan have a unique tradition of competitive kite flying (patang bazi) throughout the day. Ahmedabad's International Kite Festival draws participants from 40 countries. Til-gul (sesame-jaggery sweets) exchanged with the saying til gul ghya ani god god bola (take sesame-jaggery and speak sweetly). Also called Uttarayan in Gujarat.

1. RecurrenceSolar · ? · day ? · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Uttarayan — Kite Festival (Gujarat-Rajasthan)textual
4. Name (hin/Deva)उत्तरायण (पतंगबाजी उत्सव)textual
5. Name (tam/Taml)உத்தராயண பட்டம் விடும் விழாtextual
6. Name (tel/Telu)ఉత్తరాయణ గాలిపటాల పండుగtextual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ಉತ್ತರಾಯಣ ಗಾಳಿಪಟ ಹಬ್ಬtextual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)ഉത്തരായണ പട്ടം പറത്തൽtextual
9. Observed at60 templescommunity attested

• Temple 2769fe7fdeity-festival association
• Temple 419d94addeity-festival association
• Temple 3da41ff8deity-festival association
• Temple 5840b176deity-festival association
• Temple 8d2465f7deity-festival association
• Temple 42ce9303deity-festival association
• Temple 38fe2ededeity-festival association
• Temple 8655d295deity-festival association
• Temple 3780e6f3deity-festival association
• Temple a52e6cf4deity-festival association
• Temple 271ffe6cdeity-festival association
• Temple 93670a91deity-festival association
• And 48 more temples in the register.

• eng / LatnUttarayan — Kite Festival (Gujarat-Rajasthan)While Makar Sankranti is pan-Hindu, Gujarat and Rajasthan have a unique tradition of competitive kite flying (patang bazi) throughout the day. Ahmedabad's International Kite Festival draws participants from 40 countries. Til-gul (sesame-jaggery sweets) exchanged with the saying til gul ghya ani god god bola (take sesame-jaggery and speak sweetly). Also called Uttarayan in Gujarat.
• hin / Devaउत्तरायण (पतंगबाजी उत्सव)मकर संक्रांति पर गुजरात और राजस्थान में लाखों पतंगों का आसमान — "काई पो छे!"
• tam / Tamlஉத்தராயண பட்டம் விடும் விழா
• tel / Teluఉత్తరాయణ గాలిపటాల పండుగ
• kan / Kndaಉತ್ತರಾಯಣ ಗಾಳಿಪಟ ಹಬ್ಬ
• mal / Mlymഉത്തരായണ പട്ടം പറത്തൽ

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URN · uttarayan-kites