Sunday, 14 January 2024

This festival is celebrated one day before Makar Sankranti.It revolves around offering prayers and expressing gratitude to God Agni (fire) and the God Sun and it celebrates the harvest of rabi crops, which are sown in the winter. Lohri is celebrated with a bonfire. The prasad of Lohri offered to the agni are til or sesame and items made with it like gajak, rewari or sweets made of peanuts and jaggery, peanuts and popcorn.

As per one belief the word Lohri comes from 'Tilohri' i.e. 'til' meaning sesame and 'rorhi' meaning jaggery/gur. Eventually, the people started referring as Lohri. As per another story, Lohri originates from the word, 'Loh' which means a big griddle or a tava, used in community feasts.

Lohiri (1950 to 2050)