<h1>Ending widows' exclusion from Makar Sankranti rituals urged, promoting participation in prayers, lamps, and community haldi-kumkum events.</h1> A social activist called for ending the customary exclusion of widowed women from Makar Sankranti rituals, characterising such exclusion as discriminatory and regressive and urging that widows be permitted to participate in religious acts such as lighting lamps, offering prayers, and making offerings in temples or home shrines. He further urged widowed women to organise community ceremonies for other widows, including haldi-kumkum and tilgul programmes, and acknowledged villages already permitting such participation. The report describes a social appeal and does not announce any statutory amendment, regulatory direction, or legally enforceable mandate; its operative consequence is limited to encouraging voluntary community inclusion rather than creating legal rights or obligations.