Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival celebrated in almost all parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh in many cultural forms. It is a harvest festival that falls on the Magh month of the Nepali calendar (Hindu Solar Calendar).

Makar Sankranti marks the transition of the sun into the zodiacal sign of Makara (Capricorn) on its celestial path. The day is also believed to mark the arrival of spring in India and the Magh month in Nepal and is a traditional event. Makara Sankranthi is a solar event making it one of the few Hindu festivals which fall on the same date in the Nepali calendar every year: 14 January, with some exceptions when the festival is celebrated on 15 January.

Date and significance

Makar Sankranti is observed at the beginning of the Capricorn period under the sidereal zodiac, either 14 or 15 January, and signifies the arrival of the summer season.

Makar Sankranti and the Winter Solstice

Many Indians conflate this festival with the Winter Solstice, and believe that the sun ends its southward journey (Sanskrit: Dakshinayana) at the Tropic of Capricorn, and starts moving northward (Sanskrit: Uttarayaana) towards the Tropic of Cancer, in the Nepalese Hindu month of Poush] on this day in mid-January.

2017

2017 (MMXVII) will be a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

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January 14

January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining until the end of the year (352 in leap years).

In the 20th and 21st centuries the Julian calendar is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, thus January 14 is sometimes celebrated as New Year's Day (Old New Year) by religious groups who use the Julian calendar.

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Muppalaneni Shiva

Muppalaneni Shiva (Telugu: ముప్పలనేని శివ) is a well known film director in Tollywood Movie Industry. He has directed movies for Major Banners like Suresh Productions, Super Good Films, Sravanthi Movies, Ramakrishna Cine Studios & Etharam films etc., Majority of his movies fared well at box office and generated Money as well. His popular films Taj Mahal, Gillikajjalu, Priya O Priya, Ammayi kosam, Raja, Sandade Sandadi & Sankrathi are most successful and musical entertainers.

Childhood and early years

Muppalaneni Shiva was born at Bapatla (Guntur Dist.) Andhra Pradesh on 25 November 1968. He studied in Pamidi Ankamma High School at his native place Narasaya Palem, Completed his graduation at Arts & Science College of Bapatla. During college days he is good at paintings and achieved state level awards in modern art.

Career

In his career starting he worked with A. Kodandarami Reddy, Mutyala Subbaiah and Paruchuri Brothers. He worked for more than 20 films under A.Kodanda Rami Reddy direction. At that time he worked with top stars ANR, Krishna, Shobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju, Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan and Sridevi. In 1994 he got a chance to direct a film with superstar Krishna and the film name is Gharana Alludu. Finally he got a major break with Suresh Productions Taj Mahal film in 1995.