Ahmedabad, Jan. 10 -- With Makar Sankranti just a few days away, Gujarat is gearing up for the International Kite Festival, one of the biggest highlights of the state's Uttarayan celebrations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad on January 12. The three-day festival will run till January 14 and will see participation from 135 international kite enthusiasts representing 50 countries. Alongside them, 65 flyers from across India and 871 local participants from Gujarat will take part in the event.

Ahead of the main inauguration, kite-flying activities began on January 10 in cities including Rajkot, Surat and Dholavira. People were seen gathering in large numbers on terraces and open grou...