Bhogi and Sankranti festivals are celebrated with religious fervour in Karnataka today and tomorrow. As part of Bhogi today, God Indra is worshipped for a good monsoon ahead and Huggi or Kichdi made up of rice, split green gram and spices is prepared. The new harvest is worshipped and a portion of it is given away as charity today.  The old is discarded and burnt and new items are accepted today. Makar Sankranti is celebrated tomorrow to mark the beginning of Uttarayana, the Sun’s movement northward entering the zodiac sign of Makara. It is a harvest festival when Sankranti Yellu is made after mixing jaggery, groundnut, sesame seeds and dried coconut are prepared and given away among friends and relatives. It is also customary to give sugarcane, turmeric, sweet potatoes and other food grains on this occasion.