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The festival of Lohri is being celebrated across the country today. It is celebrated every year on the 13th. Today, the pomp and show of Lohri will be seen everywhere. The festival of Lohri is celebrated on the last night of Poh month and the next day is Sangranad of Magh month. The festival of Lohri is especially celebrated in those houses in which boys and girls are born or newly married.
On the evening of Lohri, bundles of wood and cow dung are collected and burnt and family members circumambulate around it and pray for their happy life. Lohri is a special festival associated with the sowing and harvesting of crops. On this day, sesame, jaggery, gajak, rewari and peanuts are offered to Agni. In Punjab, on the day of Lohri, boys wear Bhangra and girls wear Gidda to express happiness.
History of Lohri
There are many legends associated with the festival of Lohri, but this one is particularly associated with the story of Dulla Bhatti. History of Lohri Dulla Bhatti was a rebel during the reign of Akbar, who looted the wealth of the rich and distributed it among the poor. The poor people of that area were impressed by his generous heart and that is why they respected and loved him. Once upon a time, he saved a girl from kidnappers and made her his religious daughter. When Dulla-bhatti married the girl, he kept sugar as a wedding gift.
Story of Dulla Bhatti on Lohri
According to another legend, a poor Brahmin had two very beautiful daughters named Sundari and Mundari, who were betrothed. These girls came into the notice of the ruler of that time and that ruler started keeping an evil eye on both the sisters. Dulle Bhatti promised to get the girls married. The girls’ father-in-law was afraid of the rulers and asked them to get married at night. Dulle Bhatti collected jaggery, sugar, firewood, grains as donations from the nearby village. People gathered at the wedding of Sundari and Mundri. Dulle Bhatti married the girls with his own hands and poured lots of sugar. From that day onwards the custom of celebrating Lohri started in the same way.
On the day of Lohri, small children go from house to house singing a song which is as follows-
Beautiful rings, ho! Who cares about you, yes!
Dulla Bhatti wala, ho! Daughter-in-law is married, yes!
Ser Sugar Pie, Ho! The girl’s brother-in-law got fucked, yes!
Long live the girl’s uncle…