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Hindu “Festival of the Sun” Makar Sankranti cuts birds out of the skies

January 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

As deadly as opening day of bird hunting season MUMBAI, PUNE, AHMEDABAD––Preliminary estimates indicate that fewer birds were killed or injured by kite strings during Makar Sankranti 2015 than a year earlier, but the annual Hindu “Festival of the Sun,” observed on January 14 this year,  remains perhaps as deadly to birds over western India […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Right, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Other spectacles, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife Tagged With: Ahmedabad, Makar Sankranti, Merritt Clifton, Rahul Sehgal

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