… I was in Ahmedabad, celebrating Uttarayan, watching an OH fascinated with a kite-crazed city. 🙂
Happy Pongal/ Makar Sankranthi/ Uttarayan, you guys! 🙂
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The Girl Next Door 
A much needed reminder to me to just get off my a*$# and fly the kite I bought over year ago. Such lovely photos! You must’ve been thrilled! ❤
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@Cupitonians
Thank you! Of course, I was thrilled. 🙂 It is always a lovely experience to be in Gujarat during Navratri and Uttarayan. The passion of the people undoubtedly rubs on to you. 🙂
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I can’t wait to visit myself. This post has given me just the right push! 🙂
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@Cupitonians
I am so glad to hear that! 🙂
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Wow! lovely 🙂 I can imagine how charged up the whole atmosphere would be there for the festival 🙂
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@Lifesong
Oh, charged up it is. Totally. 🙂
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Uttarayan in Gujarat is an experience one should have 😀
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@Visha
I heartily agree with that. 🙂
Luckily, I was able to give the OH a first-hand experience of the festival before my parents left Ahmedabad.
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I love kites!
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@Babushka
I love seeing them flying. 🙂
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Oooooooooh wow! very nice clicks TGND 🙂 I used to fly kites with cousins in B’lore 😛 and I managed to get one stuck up high on a coconut tree – a brand new handsome green kite. Your post is on my wishlist 🙂
Therei s a kite flying festival and season here in Singapore as well. Oh, the beauty of the sky then!
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@Kismi
There is something in the air during Uttarayan in Gujarat, and during Navratri too, which makes the place a must-visit area then. You should totally visit during these times. 🙂
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Happy Sankranti to you! We got a kite here, much to the kid’s fascination.
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@Sandhya
Thank you! 🙂
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The pic of the manja reminded me of the time by two elder brothers had ground glass and made the paste to strengthen the string, when I had been a little girl. The scolding they got from mother for doing that!
I particularly loved the tree festooned with kites, as if they grew on the tree 😀 Happy Sankaranti!
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@Zephyr
Thank you, Zephyr! 🙂
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Pongalo pongal! They fly kites here as well, no? Tried once with the kids but they couldn’t get them to go up and lost interest. I have never flown a kite from scratch myself, so wasn’t of much use!
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@Sangitha
I haven’t seen kites been flown in Bangalore anywhere. 😦 In Ahmedabad, the entire city shuts down for two days to fly kites. The atmosphere there during Uttarayan is something one can only experience. 🙂
I regret the fact that I have never flown a kite from scratch myself, too. 😦
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Sigh ! This post brought back my years spent in Amdavad, VVNagar and Jodhpur — all kite-crazy places and also flying kites with my brother during Uttrayan.
Happy Pongal, TGND 🙂
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@Sudhagee
Thank you! 🙂
Where’s VVNagar?
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VV Nagar is Vallabh Vidyanagar, near Anand
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@Sudhagee
Ah, okay. I didn’t know you had been there too. 🙂
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Oh, I’ve been all over. This spell in Mumbai is the longest I have ever stayed in a place 🙂
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@Sudhagee
How interesting! 🙂 I have stayed put in one place for most of my life!
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We can exchange stories the when we meet 🙂
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@Sudhagee
Sure thing! Would love to! 🙂
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Kaipo Chhe !!! Lapet !!! 🙂
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@Amit
Ah, I am missing all of those shouts here. 😦
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Wish you a Happy Sankranti too! Did you ever fly a kite yourself?
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@Chattywren
No, I have never flown a kite by myself. I have held kites which were already up high in the sky, though. 🙂
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Happy Uttarayan!!! It is fun to be in Guj at this time….I remember once we flew kites from our office terrace. What fun!
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@Smita
Gujarat is best to be in during Navratri and Uttarayan. 🙂
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Happy Pongal!
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@Meena Menon
Thank you! 🙂
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Sob sob sob Sob
I am so so missing Gujarat right now 😦
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@R’s Mom
Me too! 😦
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