Hyderabad, Jan 14
Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival, was celebrated Tuesday across Andhra Pradesh with traditional fervour and gaiety.
The countryside wore a festive look with decoration of houses, kite-flying, cockfights, bullfights and other rural sports.
'Haridasus' and 'Basvannas' the uniquely attired alm-seekers with ornately decorated ox were seen making rounds of the villages to seek alms. The farmers decorated bullocks for their contribution to the harvest.
Bhogi fire was lit in several parts of the state for the second day as the confusion prevailed over the exact date of Sankranti.
In Bhogi fire, people burn old agricultural and household waste with a belief that new things would be ushered into their lives.
The festivities are spread over three days with the celebration of Bhogi on the first day and Sankranti the next day.
According to the government calendar Sankaranti falls on Jan 14 but as per the calendar prepared by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the festival will be celebrated Jan 15.
By:IANS