Excitement over Sankranti was palpable in villages, where homes were decorated with spectacular rangolis and the air wafted the aroma of traditional sweets.
Festivities began with farmers lighting bhogi fires and offering prayers for good rains. The farmers also performed pujas to the tractors, bullock carts and other agriculture equipment on their fields. Women prepared traditional sweets such as pootarekulu, ariselu, sunnundalu and payasam to celebrate Bhogi on Day 1 of Sankranti, also known as the harvest festival.
