ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR - 2025

January 12 - Pongal/Makara Sankranti/Bihu/Lohri

A HARVEST FESTIVAL OF INDIA

According to the lunar calendar, the sun moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn, or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in the month of Poush in mid-January.

This end of the winter solstice also coincides with the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoda in South India. The movement of the earth from one zodiac sign into another is called Sankranti, and is celebrated as Makar, or Uttarayana, Sankranti, or Lohri, in the North, and as Pongal in the South

In the South Sankranti becomes Pongal. It is a celebration of the harvest which is observed for three days in Tamil Nadu as well as in Andhra Pradesh. The first day is the Bhogi Pongal which is celebrated as a family festival.

January 26 - The Republic Day of India

Republic - Power remains with People

India found its Independence from the British regime on 15 August 1947 with George VI as the head of the state and Earl Mountbatten as the Governor-General.

After achieving the Independence, there was no permanent Constitution, instead, its laws were based on the modified colonial Government of India Act 1935. Therefore, on 29 August in 1947, a drafting committee was appointed with Dr BR Ambedkar as its chairman, to draft a permanent constitution of India.

Republic Day is celebrated to bring the permanent constitution into power.

On 26 November 1949, the new constitution was adopted by the Indian Government and on 26 January 1950, it came into power. This Constitution marked the beginning of a democratic government system and the movement towards an independent republic.