Makarsankranti is celebrated with different names in various part of India and across the workd. Makarsankranti in most of India Pongal in AP, Tamilnadu Makara Sankrama in Karnataka Uttarayan in Gujarat Kichdi in UP, Bihar, Uttarakhan Maghi in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab Bhogali Bihu in Assam Pongal in Srilanka Maghe Sankranti in Nepal Songkran in Thailand Thingyan in Myanmar Moha Sangkran in Combodia Pi Ma Lao in Laos