Lohri 2023 Exact Date: Since the beginning of the new year, everyone eagerly waits for the Lohri festival. By the way, it is celebrated with great pomp across the country. But Lohri is a special festival of the Sikh and Punjabi community and it is most celebrated in North India. On Lohri, women and men dressed in traditional clothes, while performing Bhangda and Giddha, put wheat bellies, peanuts, jaggery, sesame etc. in the fire, dance, sing and worship.
Generally, the festival of Lohri is celebrated only on 13 January. But like Makar Sankranti, there is confusion among the people regarding the date of Lohri this year. According to some people, the date of Lohri is being told as January 13, while some people are telling Lohri on January 14. Know what is the exact date of Lohri.
When is Lohri on 13 or 14 January?
The festival of Lohri is celebrated a day before Makar Sankranti. This year the festival of Makar Sankranti is on January 15 and Lohri will be celebrated on January 14, 2023. Lohri will be worshiped and celebrated on Saturday, January 14 only. On the other hand, the time of January 14 at 08:57 will be auspicious for worship.
Importance of Lohri festival
The festival of Lohri is associated with crops. That’s why Lohri is considered the most important festival for the farmer. Lohri is the new year for the farmers. Along with this, many mythological stories are also associated with Lohri festival. In this, the story of Dulla Bhatti is considered the most important. In the Lohri festival, the sacred fire is lit and all the people gather around it. Fire is worshiped and ingredients like popcorn, sesame seeds, peanuts, rewdi etc. are put in it. It is believed that the first Lohri of the newly married couple and the newborn is very special.
Mythological story of Lohri festival
According to the mythological story of Dulla Bhatti related to the festival of Lohri, a young man named Dulla Bhatti lived in Punjab during the reign of Akbar during the Mughal period. Dulla Bhatti protected the girls of Punjab when the girls were being sold to rich merchants. Dulla Bhatti reached there and freed the girls from the clutches of rich merchants and got them married to Hindu boys. Since then Dulla Bhatti was honored with the title of hero and this story related to Dulla Bhatti is narrated every year on every Lohri.
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