Makar Sankranti 2017 wallpapers and images

The festival of Makar Sankranti will be celebrated all over India with full enthusiasm and fervor on Saturday, 15 January 2017. As per Hindu traditions, the sun enters the tropic of Capricorn, known as 'makar rekha' in Sanskrit, from 'dhanu rekha' (tropic of Sagittarius) on this day and hence the festival is termed 'Makar Sankranti'. The Sankranti festival is celebrated all across India with various names. In Tamil Nadu, people celebrate Sankranti as Pongal while in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka it is observed as Bhogi. Here are some Facebook cover, wallpapers and images of Makar Sankranti. (Pratibha Tripathi)