The festivals in India are as diverse as the country is. With Sankranti all its way in a few days, it’s all festival in the streets of India. Sankranti is a festival day in the Hindu lunar calendar to worship Sun. The auspicious day is celebrated in different parts of the country in different names. The people down south call it Pongal. It is known as Magh Bihu in Assam, Uttarayan in Gujarat, and Lohri in Punjab.