10 points about pongal festival
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2. This festival is celebrated in January when rice, sugarcane etc are harvested as a form of thanksgiving.
3. Day 1 of this festival is called as "Bhogi" and on this day, people are seen throwing away old household items in their house and replacing it with new items.
4. Day 2 of the festival is known as "Perum" and on this day people offer prayers to sun god and pay their respect.
5. Women on this day make designs called as "Kolam" with red clay and rice flour, outside their house.
6. People are seen wearing new clothes as well.
7. Day 3 of the festival is called as "Mattu Pongal" and on this day, people worship cattle believin that they bring good harvest.
8. Day 4 of the festival is called as "Kanum Pongal" and people spend time with friends and family on this day.
9. Pongal is celebrated by other names such as " Lohri", "Bihu", "Makar Sankranti", "Hadaga" and "Poki" by people of different states in India.
10. This festival is celebrated by people who are in the Hindu faith.
Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu. It is celebrated for four days in the mid-Januaiy commencing from the last day of the Tamil month Margazhi. The sun, the earth and the cattle are worshipped by farmers as thanks giving for a bounteous harvest.
People of Tamil Nadu took gay and enthusiastic with lots of hopes and aspirations. They clean their houses and decorate it with festoons before four or five days of festive occasion. They all try to complete these decorations on the eve of Pongal- ‘Bogi’.
They decorate the earthen vessels of big sizes with kumkum and swastika. After the preparations are made, either the eldest or the youngest member of the family fills the pot with rice, water and some milk as per tradition.
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