Gujarat's kite-flying festival, marking the same solar transition. Rooftops fill from dawn as thousands of kites compete across the sky, cotton-thread lines coated in glass powder for cutting rival kites.
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Ahmedabad hosts an International Kite Festival timed to Uttarayan, drawing kite-flyers from dozens of countries to compete and exhibit alongside the local celebration.
Rooftop gatherings run from sunrise past sunset, with festival foods like undhiyu (a mixed-vegetable dish) and til-laddoo eaten between kite duels.