Makar Sankranti Celebration in Jaipur – About The Kite Festival Jaipur 2025

Kite Festival Jaipur or the Makar Sankranti is celebrated all over India but has a special place in Jaipur’s festival calendar. Makar Sankranti is one of the biggest festivals in Jaipur. Let’s talk about the Kite Festival of Jaipur in the year 2025.

Kite Festival Jaipur – Makar Sankranti

When Sun transits into Makara or Capricorn from Cancer or Dhanu Rashi the festival of Makar Sankranti is celebrated. Sun is the life source for all living beings and Hindus worship Sun God.

When is Makar Sankranti in 2025?

Most Hindu festivals are celebrated according to the lunar calendar, but Makar Sankranti is a festival that is celebrated according to the sun’s movement. And that is why Makar Sankranti is celebrated on 14th January every year.

Makar Sankranti will be celebrated in Jaipur on 14th January 2025.

So, this also answers your question why is Makar Sankranti celebrated on 14 January?

 

 

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Makar Sankranti is significant to Indians as it celebrates another winter crop season. The event of the transition of the Sun into Makara Rashi is celebrated all over India with different names.

In Assam it is named Magh Bihu, in Tamil Nadu, it is called Pongal. In Rajasthan and the Madhya Pradesh State of India, it is celebrated and named Makara Sankranti.

Kite Festival Jaipur 2025 – Religious Significance

The religious significance of Makar Sankranti in Jaipur: The people of Jaipur are religious and they celebrate every festival with equal faith. Makar Sankranti brings in another opportunity to worship and thank god for the blessings.

Devotees go to take a dip in the aural water springs of Galta Ji temple which is around 10 km away from Jaipur city. It is said that it washes away your bad deeds and purifies the soul. After the daily rituals, people offer grass to cows which are considered a holy animal in Indian culture.

If devotees could not go to Galta Temple they go to any nearby temple to seek blessings and prayers. Donating to Makar Sankranti has the significance of Karma. It is said that the circle of life brings us what we give to others.

On Makar Sankranti, people donate sesame seeds & jaggery sweets, and clothes to the needy and poor. Married women in Jaipur practice a ritual in which they gift household objects to 13 other married women. It is a custom in Jaipur to invite daughters and sisters for festive meals.

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Kite Festival Jaipur – History

Makar Sankranti is a synonym for Kite flying in Jaipur. Though kite flying is practiced throughout the year, the annual event is on the 14th of January every year. As soon as Diwali celebrations are over colourful kites take over the city sky.

It is said that the King of Jaipur from 1835 to 1880, Sawai Ram Singh ll brought the art or sport of kite flying to Jaipur from Lucknow. He used to fly kites decorated with gold & silver from the City Palace of Jaipur. Anyone who would bring him back his kite was rewarded well. Since then kite flying has become popular with the general public and the trend of flying kites on Makar Sankranti came into existence. And now it is not just any recreational activity. Flying fighter kites and cutting other’s thread with glass-sharpened kite thread is a war for Jaipur City people.

People wake up even before the first sun rays reach Earth ignoring the cold weather and are up on roofs until night darkness takes over. Preparations for the daylong event of Kite Flying Jaipur start as soon as the Diwali celebrations are over.

• More than 20000 thousand people are directly or indirectly involved in the manufacturing or trading of harp threads and kites.
• And then there are sweet shops that cater to special delicacies. In recent years the festive spirit of Jaipur has taken new dimensions into the sky from the rooftops.
• Until some years ago Makar Sankranti was an annual festival of flying kites and family celebrations.
• After a day of flying kites and celebrations with festivities, it has now become a custom to fly Wish Lanterns and burst firecrackers.

Slowly it has become a local tradition and some claim that the quality of the firecracker show from the rooftops is way more beautiful on Makar Sankranti than on Diwali. As the sun sets firecrackers begin to brighten the city skies on Kite Festival Jaipur.

And thousands of flying lanterns create a pattern that is mesmerizing for everyone. The whole firecracker and flying lanterns attract young and old on the rooftops no matter how cold it is.

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Makar Sankranti Food Recipes

Traditional sweets prepared for Makar Sankranti in Jaipur are:

• Til Ke Laddu,
• Feeni,
• Gajak, and
• Pakodi

In winter the body needs extra calories and nutrition for healthy functioning. Til or sesame seeds are a rich source of iron, copper, magnesium & calcium.

Jaggery or Gud is Indian sugar made from sugarcane without harmful chemicals and is a rich energy source. Mixed using ghee they (sesame seeds & jaggery) form mouth-watering sweet balls.

Gajak is also a form of sweet made of jaggery or sugar and sesame seeds. Pakodi is made from crushed pulses mixed with spices, fried, and served hot with chutney. These all are a delicious and rich energy source for a daylong kite flying event in Jaipur.

Best place to buy Manjha and Kites – Kishanpole Bazar, Jaipur

Best Place to buy Pakodi – Jagannath Sharma Pakodi Wale

Best Place to buy Gajak and other sweets – Narayan Ji Gajak Wale

Sankranti and Kites for Marketing Campaigns

Various marketing agencies, political parties, and local administrations have adopted kites as a marketing tool for their respective agendas. They get their ideas printed on kites and these kites serve as pamphlets and reach distant places with the message. One such successful campaign was for raising awareness for Polio Eradication. Kite Festival Jaipur brings opportunities for businesses and professionals who want to advertise their products and services.

Kite Festival Jaipur – Where to celebrate?

Sankranti is a festival of family and friends. The walled city is the area with most of the action. There are many hotels, tour operators, and tourist guides organizing Sankranti Celebrations for the guests. The Department of Tourism Rajasthan Government will also be organizing the Sankranti Festival on the Polo Ground for tourists.

Where do you celebrate the Kite Festival Jaipur? Do you especially celebrate Makar Sankranti? Other than forwarding messages on WhatsApp, what’s your traditional way to greet Makar Sankranti to friends? Let us know all this in the comments.