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Many of you would have made the plan for the celebration. However, there will be very few who know the real meaning of #MakarSankranti.
For us, Makar Sankranti is all about Kite Flying. But, if you would dive deep into this subject, you will find plenty of hidden gems.
While most of our festival takes its basis on the Lunar Cycle. #Makar Sankranti is perhaps one of the few Hindu festivals that takes its basis on the Solar Cycle.
The second interesting facts about Makar Sankranti is that it always takes place on JAN 14. So, it is the only festival of Hindu that matches with the Gregorian Calendar.
This is a picture of the royal Idgah of Mathura taken in 1949, around the royal Idgah and around it the remains of a destroyed temple can be seen. Above these ruins is a notification board by ASI which reads as Krishna Janmabhoomi Apart from this...
The ASI board says that this is where Hindus believe the birthplace of their Bhagwan Krishna was This belief dates back thousands of years.
This place was once a magnificent Krishna temple In 1618 a temple was built by Raja Veer Singh Dev Bundela of Orchha at a cost of 33 lakhs.
Remember In those days for just 1 rupee 296 kg rice was available One can only imagine What would have been 33 lakhs during those days Aurangzeb destroyed the Krishna temple in 1670 And built this royal Idgah on top of its ruins.
SultanGhari tomb Delhi regarded as first Islamic Mausoleum (tomb), built in 1231 AD for eldest son of Iltumish is in reality a Hindu temple. #ReclaimTemples
ZafarKhan Masjid is one amongst 1000s of Masjids across Bharat where you will find Hindu temple architecture like temple doors, Garbagrihas, temple motifs, sanskrit inscriptions.
Dead bodies of Muslim invaders now lies buried inside the Hindu temple site.
