If you know it or not, this very festival of Makar Sankranti is uniquely different from any other festivals in India that follows the lunar cycle, Makar Sankrant is among the very few of the Indian festivals which are merely observed as per the lunar cycles.
Apart from that, there are various festivities that pretty much relates to the Makar Sankranti Festival Images that is known with different names such as in North India it is well known by the name Maghi which follows right after the Lohri whereas if we talk about the prominence of similar such festive in the state of Andhra Pradesh, then it is well known by the name Pedda Pandaga, similarly, in the state of Assam the similar such festival is Magh Bihu, and in Tamil, it is recognized by the name of Pongal. Well, such is the significance of the festival of the Makar Sankranti.