{"id":330230,"date":"2021-01-14T05:22:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T05:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330230"},"modified":"2021-01-14T05:22:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T05:22:19","slug":"pm-modi-greets-nation-on-bihu-pongal-makar-sankranti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-greets-nation-on-bihu-pongal-makar-sankranti\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi greets nation on Bihu, Pongal, Makar Sankranti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327787 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/modi-ayodhya.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/modi-ayodhya.jpg 724w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/modi-ayodhya-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/modi-ayodhya-696x350.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the nation on the occasion of harvest festivals which are celebrated in various parts of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMagh Bihu wishes to everyone. May the coming times be filled with happiness. With the blessings of Almighty may there be brotherhood and wellness all around,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cPongal greetings to all, especially my Tamil sisters and brothers. This special festival showcases the best of Tamil culture. May we be blessed with good health and success. May this festival also inspire us to live in harmony with nature and further the spirit of compassion,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMakar Sankranti is marked with enthusiasm in several parts of India. This auspicious festival illustrates India\u2019s diversity and the vibrancy of our traditions. It also reaffirms the importance of respecting Mother Nature.,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Vice President Venkaiah Naidu also extended his greetings on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI extend my heartiest greetings on the occasion of Makar Sankranti today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Makar Sankranti marks the beginning of a new phase as on this day Sun begins its northward journey,\u201d Naidu tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMakar Sankranti is celebrated as #Pongal in the southern part of India, #Maghi in the Northern states, Magh #Bihu in Assam, #Uttarayan in Gujarat and #Khichdi in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh region,\u201d the Vice President said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMay this festival usher in happiness, good health and prosperity in our lives and strengthen bonding among the people. My best wishes to all. Long live Indian family traditions!\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the nation on the occasion of harvest festivals which are celebrated in various parts of the country. \u201cMagh Bihu wishes to everyone. May the coming times be filled with happiness. With the blessings of Almighty may there be brotherhood and wellness all around,\u201d PM Modi tweeted. \u201cPongal greetings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":327787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330232,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330230\/revisions\/330232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/327787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}