People celebrate Bhogi, the first day of the four-day festival of Makar Sankranti.
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Amaravati: People across Andhra Pradesh celebrated Bhogi festival with fervour and piety amidst family reunions on Sunday.
The harvest festival of Sankranti starts with Bhogi, wherein people set up bonfires in front of their houses and on the roads.
Several ruling party and opposition leaders also celebrated Bhogi with fervour, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Accompanied by his wife, Reddy celebrated Bhogi at his camp office in Tadepalli and participated in rituals and cultural programmes.
"I extend Bhogi, Sankranti and Kanuma festival greetings to all the Telugu people across the world," said Reddy in a post on 'X'.
As part of Bhogi, the chief minister called for burning away evil and filling all households with happiness and light.
Reddy noted that Sankranti is the biggest festival for Telugus and that friends and families come together to celebrate it.
TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan celebrated Bhogi together at Mandadam village.
In a symbolic protest against the YSRCP government, Naidu and Kalyan burnt some placards bearing messages of difficulties being faced by the masses, such as price rises, joblessness, political violence and others.