{"id":2487,"date":"2018-01-13T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T12:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T04:47:53","slug":"happy-lohri-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/happy-lohri-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Lohri 2018: Here’s Why We Celebrate the Winter Festival?"},"content":{"rendered":"

RTIwala Explains:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Most of us have only heard about\u00a0Lohri\u00a0<\/em><\/a>but only a few know about the gaiety and glory that the festival entails. How many of us really know about the origin, euphoria and the very significance<\/a> of the\u00a0Lohri\u00a0<\/em>festival?<\/p>\n

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What is Lohri? How is it celebrated?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lohri is popularly celebrated by the Punjabis in India<\/em> mainly the states of Haryana, Punjab and some parts of Delhi<\/a> and Himachal Pradesh. This festival<\/a> falls on the 13th<\/sup> day of January not marking only the end of winter season but also signifying the beginning of a new farming season.<\/em> The basic rituals performed include thanking Surya (sun god) for the abundant harvest of the previous year<\/em> and requesting Mother Nature<\/a> to be kind the following year<\/em>. The festival symbolizes warmth and fire.<\/p>\n

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The fire is set up with wood and cow dung cakes, as it represents Lord Agni<\/em><\/a> at night. The celebrants offer their treat, <\/em>and then distribute the \u2018Prasad\u2019 <\/em>and take part in the songs and \u2018gidda sessions<\/a>\u2019<\/em> that break out all around the grand fire.<\/p>\n

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How Lohri came into existence and why it is celebrated?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Initially, Lohri used to be celebrated in the month of December 21st or 22nd marking the longest night and <\/em>shortest day of the year<\/em> but eventually, it ended up celebrating<\/a> in the mid-January. One of the most important reasons for celebrating is, Lohri was a hero, named Dulla Batti<\/em>. He was considered to be the Robinhood of Punjab<\/em>. He saved the lives of many young girls who worked as slaves for the Mughals and were sold by them. His heroic acts are mentioned and honored during Lohri bonfire<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Lohri is also very known for its food that we all love so much from Gajak to Rewari<\/a>, Black Sesame Seeds, peanuts, and popcorns<\/em>. It is believed that the food is offered to the fire<\/a> that symbolizes Lord Agni to please the god and seeks his blessings for a prosperous year ahead<\/em>. Feeding the fire with all snacks also signifies that it takes away all the negative energies and brings good luck. Men and women wear traditional clothes<\/a> and dance around the bonfire<\/em>. People also fly kites <\/em>on this day, it is enjoyed by all ages. The festival has its great value for harvesting, an auspicious moment for the newly married couples or a newborn.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lohri and its Societal Importance<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lohri<\/em><\/a> is celebrated by the Sikh and Hindu people, mainly in the North & Central regions of India. It is a\u00a0festival that spreads joy and enthusiasm. With tempting \u2018makke di roti\u2019<\/em><\/a> and \u2018sarson da saag<\/em><\/a>,\u2019<\/em><\/strong> we have such a delightful beginning of the New Year. Finally, it is a festival that bids an official goodbye to the winter season and welcomes to the arrival of spring.<\/p>\n

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RTIwala Explains:\u00a0Most of us have only heard about\u00a0Lohri\u00a0but only a few know about the gaiety and glory that the festival entails. How many of us really know about the origin, euphoria and the very significance of the\u00a0Lohri\u00a0festival? [amazon_link asins=’1631770713,B01AAUNCRW,B01NAMVBTT,B01N4HP60N,B078V5G2XK’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’wwwrtiwalain-21′ marketplace=’IN’ link_id=’9b9d5b70-f85c-11e7-9139-fb938b5c0da5′] What is Lohri? How is it celebrated? Lohri is popularly celebrated by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"All about Lohri the Winter Festival","_seopress_titles_desc":"Lohri a perfect Punjabi-folk festival full of Punjabi songs, bhangra-gidda dance, food-bonfire celebrated in India by the Sikhs; welcoming the winter season.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[697],"tags":[538,539,540,541,288],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17941,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions\/17941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}