Overview
- Devotees thronged temples, homes showcased colourful muggu, kites filled local skies, and customary processions and cattle worship marked the three-day festival.
- Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, CM A. Revanth Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer and CM N. Chandrababu Naidu conveyed greetings, with Reddy underscoring welfare delivery and the Telangana Rising 2047 vision.
- Police cautioned the public against using banned glass-coated string and conducted inspections of markets to check the sale of manja and related materials.
- Sweet shops and home kitchens reported strong demand for Sankranti delicacies, and some vendors said they shipped special items to the US, UK, Australia and Gulf nations.
- Hyderabad hosted an International Kite and Sweet Festival earlier in the week, and Tirumala recorded heavy footfall at the Sri Venkateswara temple on Sankranthi day.