Kite Festival
- India
Amit Shah celebrates Uttarayan by offering prayer, flying kite in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday offered prayers at Shree Jagannath Temple in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. After offering prayers Shah also fed the temple elephants…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Kite sales go up ahead of Sankranti
Hyderabad: Kite sales go up ahead of the Sankranti festival in Hyderabad with vendors slogging to meet the demand. Wholesale markets in the old city area, especially Begum Bazar and Gulzar Houz…
- Hyderabad
Man survives after Manja slits throat in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old patient, Aayan, suffered from a life and death condition following a deep cut in his neck due to a kite Manja (thread). Cardiovascular surgeons at the Apollo Hospitals, Hyderguda,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: International kite and sweet festival cancelled
Hyderabad: The three-day International Kite and Sweet Festival celebration on the occasion of Sankranti has been cancelled, for the second consecutive year due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. The event was…
- Hyderabad
With COVID-19 vaccine arrival, it’s time for greater joy for Hyderabadis this Sankranti
Hyderabad: 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone, with the COVID-19 pandemic keeping us all scared and isolated. But Hyderabadis are hopeful that the worst is only behind us and are…
- News
Telanganites can enjoy Sankranti Air Show, National Paramotoring Championship in Mahabubnagar
Hyderabad: To make the Makar Sankranti festival adventurous, the Telangana Tourism Department is organizing a Sankranti Air Show and National Para-motoring Championship from January 13 to 17 at Mini Tank Bund in…
- Hyderabad
Hit by impact of COVID-19, kite makers in city seek respite during Sankranti
Hyderabad: Manoj is one of the oldest kite-maker in the Dhoolpet area of the city, which is popular for its kite-making business. He made kites for over 40 years now, but none…
- NRIs Corner
Patangs fill the skies of Washington on Sankranti
WASHINGTON: Sankranti Festival unites the Indian sub-continent like no other occasion does. Come January people start desperately waiting for Sankranti is known in Pakistan as the festival of Basant or Spring. Also…
- Hyderabad
More than 12 lakh visit Kite fest at Secunderabad
Hyderabad: The 3-day kite and sweet fest during the Sankranti festival finished on a grand note on Wednesday. In spite of the Numaish and the Hunar Haats at People’s Plaza and several…
- Hyderabad
TS forest officers find 118 kgs of Chinese Manja at kite shops
Telangana: To implement the complete ban imposed on the use of synthetic glass coated thread by the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi and Government of Telangana, the Forest Department organized six mobile…
- Hyderabad
Chinese Manja used by kite flyers a major threat to birds
Hyderabad: Every January, thousands of birds in Hyderabad are sacrificed for the thrill people experience during the kite-flying festival. This occasion always proves fatal for thousands of innocent flying creatures. The synthetic thread — commonly…
- Videos
A Glimpse of International Kite Festival 2019 – Hyderabad
Kite Festival 2019: Several unique kites dot in Hyderabad’s sky this Sankranti as the 4th edition of the International Kite Festival kick-started on Sunday. Kites from different parts of the globe fought…
