The story behind Lohri
The festival marks the close of the deep winter cycle and the arrival of longer days. It is associated with sugarcane harvest, newly married couples, newborn children, and the folk memory of Dulla Bha…
The festival marks the close of the deep winter cycle and the arrival of longer days. It is associated with sugarcane harvest, newly married couples, newborn children, and the folk memory of Dulla Bhatti, the protector figure remembered in Lohri songs for defending vulnerable daughters.
Gau Seva on Lohri honours the agricultural heart of the festival. Cows and bulls sustain rural households through milk, dung, labour, and field fertility; feeding Gaumata with jaggery or green fodder on Lohri returns gratitude to the beings who support harvest life. It turns the bonfire's warmth into living care.