Lohri 2022: this festival will be observed on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Also known as Lohadi or Lal Loi, Lohri is always celebrated a day before Makar Sankranti as per the Hindu calendar which falls between January 14-15 every year.

Lohri 2022: Every year Lohri festival is celebrated in North India on the day before Makar Sankranti. This festival is celebrated with great pomp in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. On this day, farmers sing, dance by lighting a fire and also offer grains from the crop to Agni.

This festival is celebrated to celebrate the preparation of a new crop. During this, wheat earrings are put in the bonfire of the fire. During this, things made of Revdi, Groundnut, Kheer, Chikki, Jaggery are put in the fire. After that songs are sung sitting near the fire and Gajjak and Revdi are eaten. Some people entertain people by dancing. At the same time, cornbread and mustard greens are made at night.

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Where is Lohri celebrated?

Lohri festival is celebrated all over the world. But in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi this festival is celebrated with great pomp. Children go from house to house to collect Lohri on Lohri and they are not returned empty-handed.

Why celebrate Lohri?

When Mother Sati came to attend her father’s Yagya, she was very upset after hearing bitter and derogatory words towards Lord Shiva there. Then Mother Sati gets absorbed in the Yagya Kund organized by the father. That’s why Lohri is celebrated every year in the memory of Mother Sati. That is, this festival is celebrated in the memory of sacrificing the life of Mother Sati in the fire pit.

Significance of Lohri for the newly married couple:

Lohri is important for the newlywed couple and the first child born in the family. On this day, gifts are given to the new bride from her in-laws’ house, while the new baby is welcomed into the family by giving gifts.