Harvest Festival
Topics
Makar Sankranti, the Sun's Northward Journey
A solar harvest festival marking the Sun's entry into Makara and its northward turn, kept with river baths, kites and sesame-jaggery sweets.
Onam and the Return of Mahabali
Kerala's grandest festival marks the yearly homecoming of King Mahabali, the generous asura ruler whom Vishnu as Vamana sent below, yet let return each year.