Images: The festival of kites, Makar Sankrati

[caption id=“attachment_182404” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A boy from the slums along the railway tracks in Malad in Mumbai sets out with his kite on the festival of makar sankrati. Raju Shelar/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_182410” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Boys play carrom at a shop selling kites in Hyderabad. Makar Sankranti, India’s kite festival is celebrated on 14 January every year. AFP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_182405” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Boys atop their building water tanks flying kites in Goregaon. Raju Shelar/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_182411” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“An youth holds special kite reels wound with ‘manjha’ — or kite-flying thread prepared by coating a cotton thread with a mix of glue and ground glass — in Mumbai. AFP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_182407” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Youngsters from a slum in Goregaon stand on the roof of their houses even as they celebrate the festival of makar sankrati in Mumbai. Raju Shelar/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_182408” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Silhouttes of boys at a Goregaon slum, flying kites at sunset. Raju Shelar/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_182412” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A vendor sits next to her stall of kite reels, used to fly kites in Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Reuters”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_182409” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A man flying a kite on the railway tracks in Malad in Mumbai, even as his daughter holds the manja (glass-coated thread) reel for him. Raju Shelar/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_182413” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Shakunthala Bhai prepares kites at her workshop in Hyderabad. Kite flying is the major activity on the day of Makar Sankranti festival celebrating the beginning of the harvest season. AFP”] [/caption]

Images: The festival of kites, Makar Sankrati

Makar sankrati is the Hindu festival which commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and the termination of winter.

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