Uttarayan Vs Kite Festival

The Indian festival of Makar Sankranti is devoted to kite fighting in some states. This spring festival is celebrated every January 14, with millions of people flying kites all over India. The states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Gujarat, some part of West Bengal, Rajasthan, Punjab and the cities of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Jaipur, Dhanbad, Varansi and Hyderabad are particularly notable for their kite fighting festivals.

An international kite festival is held every year before Uttarayan for three days in Vadodara, Surat and Ahmedabad. These three cities are the main sites where kite flying is observed on 14 and 15 January every year. The 14th known as ‘Uttarayan’ and 15th known as ‘Vasi Uttarayan’. People start flying kites early in the morning and continue until the evening. Playing music to accompany kite-flying is a common sight. The kite is known as ‘Patang’ in Gujarat and other places in India.

Visit following site and read more information about Kite and Kite Festival.

1. http://www.kitefestival.in/
2. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/shortk.html
3. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/kite1.html
4. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/kiteprog.html
5. http://www.drachen.org/see_kites.html
6. http://kitevids.com/

Collection of images about Kite from the net.