Particularly popular in Punjab, this festival is more than just a harvest celebration—it reflects the importance of community, cultural traditions, and life itself. Lohri is celebrated every ...

Winter warmth, interfaith harmony and tales of resistance around a fireplace - Lohri is all of it and more for the people of ...

Lohri in Punjab, and Uttarayan in Gujarat. Widely celebrated in southern India, this festival honors the harvest season with joy, rituals, and cultural festivities. In 2025, Pongal begins on ...

Lohri is a vibrant harvest festival celebrated primarily by Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab and neighbouring regions. The festival is a time of thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest, with people ...

particularly Punjab and Haryana, Sankranti aligns with the festival of Lohri. Here, sweets like gajak and rewri, made with sesame seeds and jaggery, are enjoyed to honour the harvest. These treats ...

Celebrated on January 13, Lohri is a festival primarily observed in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and some other northern states. Winter harvest festivals are celebrated ...

Lohri, celebrated predominantly in Northern India, signifies the end of winter and the start of longer days. Lohri involves communities gathering arou ...

The harvest festival, which marks the end of the winter ... Lohri is especially significant in Punjab and Northern India, but is enjoyed across the country under different names, such as Pongal ...

Regional and Religious Holidays: Punjab is also home to various religious festivals and cultural events, which impact banking operations. Baisakhi (April 14) marks the harvest festival and the ...

A winter drought is ravaging crops in Punjab, farmers said on Thursday ... according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. Farmers harvest potatoes at a field on the outskirts of ...

Wheat farmer Ishfaq Ahmad Jatt said his harvest in the Multan area of central Punjab has been "badly affected" by the dearth of rain. "Even five years ago we used to get winter rains for a week at ...