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Makar Sankranti

Hindu festival that reveres Surya (sun god)
Event Holiday Q10253

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
holiday, celebration, kite festival[13][14]
Religion or worldview
Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Indian religions[2][3][4][5][6]
Country
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius[7][8][9][10][11][12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wiki Loves Folklore[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kumbh Mela en Magha Mela en Maghi en Makar Sankranti en Pedda Panduga en Pongal en Punyakalam en Sankranthi en Sankranti en Songkrant Khmer en Uttarayana fa ماکار سانکرانتی hi मकर संक्रान्ति ja マカール・サンクランティ ms Makara Sankranti ru Макара-санкранти ru санкранти th มกรสังกรานติ uk Макар Санкранті zh 瑪克桑格拉提節
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tilgul kha god god bola.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02g800
Gujarati Vishwakosh entry
ઉત્તરાયન
Quora topic ID
Makar-Sankranti-1

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Country 7
India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius
Religion or worldview 5
Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Indian religions
Instance of 2
holiday, celebration
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wiki Loves Folklore
← Day in year for periodic occurrence 1
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Summary

Makar Sankranti is a holiday[1].

Body

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Hinduism[2], a religion[16]; Sikhism[3], a major religious group[17], founded in 1469[18]; Jainism[4], a religion[19], founded in -0500[20]; Buddhism[5], a religion[21]; and Indian religions[6], a major religious group[22], founded in -5000[23].

Related Entities

Bangladesh India Malaysia Mauritius Nepal Singapore Sri Lanka

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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