Question

5 point about pongal festival

Answer 1

Pongal is a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. For as long as people have been planting and gathering food, there has been some form of harvest festival. Pongal, one of the most important popular Hindu festivals of the year. This four-day festival of thanksgiving to nature takes its name from the Tamil word meaning "to boil" and is held in the month of Thai (January-February) during the season when rice and other cereals, sugar-cane, and turmeric (an essential ingredient in Tamil cooking) are harvested.

Answer 2

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       PONGAL FESTIVAL !

• Celebrated on the 14th January every year, Pongal day means ' boiling over ' of milk and rice in honour of the sun God Surya.

• The festival of Pongal captures the essence of South Indian culture as a tribute to the properties of the sun.

• Pongal is the only festival in the Indian calendar which derives its name from a dish of sweetened rice.

• A harvest festival, it is celebrated in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India.

• Celebrated over four days-Bhogi, Pongal day , Surya Pongal Day , Mattu Pongal day and Kaanum Pongal , the festival is the biggest harvest festival of India.

• The Sun God is felicitated in various ways over the period of the four day celebration.

• The first day ritual is drawing the traditional Kolam , a decorative pattern made with rice and flour outside every home. The Kolam welcomes guests , prosperity and the harvest festival.

• The second day is celebrated as Surya Pongal, where people wear traditional clothes and perform the ceremonial ritual wherein rice and milk are boiled in an earthenware pot.

• The third day is Mattu Pongal is for the cows. The cattle are given a bath and their horns are decorated. Multicoloured flower garlands are tied around the necks. They are fed the Pongal dish. Kanu Pongal is celebrated by sisters for their brothers on this day.

• The fourth and the last day is known as Kaanum Pongal. There is a ritual which is performed by women before bathing, early in the morning.