Navin Prabhakar, Rewati Limaye and Ranndeep R Rai share their Sankranti memories

Makar Sankranti is one of the most popular festivals of the country and is celebrated with much fervour These celebrities talk of the significance of the festival in their lives their memories and plans for this yearAlso Read In Photos Flying kites to new heights as Mumbai celebrates Makar SankrantiNavin Prabhakar who was recently seen in the Marathi movie lsquoAapdi Thaapdirsquo said Festivals are the best days as they are filled with happy moments and opportunities to create memories When we were kids celebrations were so important for us because many guests and seniors of the family used to give us gifts Those memories mean festivals for us You are always creating memories for our families for your classmates your office mates your close ones and your house help too Sweets jalebi fafda with freinds are memories now they all are way out of reach Now responsibilities priorities are not allowing everyone to spend time with close ones I remember how preparations for Makar Sankranti used to start three months earlier the sky used to become colourful with kites and on Makar Sankranti we used to fly kites from 10am to 8 pm However lust anger greed attachment and jealousy are now five unwelcome spirits that have made a home inside of us Make their kites and fly them above in the positive sky and experience the true joy of a holiday is what I would adviseAlso ReadArjun Kapoor thanks trollers for motivating him to do betterRewati Limaye who was seen in Arjun KapoorTabu starrer lsquoKutteyrsquo said We celebrate Makar Sankranti at home and like any Maharashtrian household we make tilgul and visit each other We visit friends relatives and it is a very joyous day because you get to meet everybody For me for any kind of festival I always have good memories of food because Im a big foodie and even in our house each festival is marked by some specific dish that you make on that day One memory I would like to share is every Makar Sankranti my grandmother used to make Gud Tori which is essentially a roti that you make with jaggery in it and it was a special day because the whole year I used to wait for her to make that because she used to make it only on Makar Sankranti She used to make so many of them that all the kids in our building used to come home and eat together and with generous amount of Ghee and I still make it even now on Makar Sankranti we will make Ranndeep R Rai who was recently seen in the TV show lsquoMeetrsquo shares This festival is special because my brothers birthday is on 14th January So there used to be a celebration every year We do Pooja in the morning and Party at night When I was in my hometown Jhansi we used to fly kites but in Bombay I have hardly done that because the lifestyle of Bombay is quite different Its more of Lohri and I have attended it a few times I remember bathing with til on Makar Sankranti as soon as we woke up It is considered auspicious It was a rule that we used to follow and we still follow it And later after the shower having til I remember we were not allowed to eat anything before that When I think of it it was fun Til ke laddoo and Gachak are my favourite sweets and only like it during Makar sankranti