Artists perform during the celebration of Bhogi, the first day of the four-day festival of Pongal, in Hyderabad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at a programme organised on the occasion of Pongal festival, in New Delhi
Sindhu Sena activists with a child dressed as Lord Ram show kites depicting pictures of Ayodhya's Ram Temple before their distribution ahead of the Makar Sankranti, in Bhopal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah flies a kite during the celebration of Makar Sankranti festival, in Ahmedabad.
People buy kites on the eve of the festival of Makar Sankranti, in Jaipur.
BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur during Bhopal Kite Festival organised during the festival of Makar Sankranti, at Motilal Nehru Stadium, in Bhopal.
Pilgrims at the Sagar Island ahead of the Gangasagar Mela, in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal.
Young women participate in the kite festival organised to celebrate Makar Sankranti festival, at Motilal Nehru Police Stadium in Bhopal.
People buy flowers ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival, in Bengaluru.
Security personnel keep a vigil as devotees take a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of Makar Sankranti during the annual religious 'Magh Mela' festival at Sangam, in Prayagraj.