Maghe Sankranti is one of the popular festival of Nepal and India. It is similar to Thanks giving or popularly known as harvesting festival.  Maghe Sankranti is similar to our harvesting festival which has different names and way of celebration like  for Kirat it is Chasok Tangnam and for Indians it is Lohri in Punjab, Bihu in Bengal, Uttarayan in Gujrat and Rajasthan, Pongal in Kerala, Sankranti in Karnataka and Tamilnadu, Makar Sankranti in other parts of India and Nepal. But in Nepal it is Chasok Tangnam for Kirat and Maghi for Tharu People and for rest of the Nepalis it is Maghe Sankranti.

Maghe Sankranti falls in a mid-winter festival of Nepal and India. The festival is celebrated to mark the transition of the Sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere (or the beginning of Uttarayana).

In Nuwakot, Nepal the festival is also celebrated as…