I want about pongal festival
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About Pongal Festival:
- Pongal is a harvest festival that is dedicated to the sun of god. This is mostly celebrated in the southern states. This is a four-day festival which falls in January month every year.
- This harvest festival brings happiness to farmers in getting new crops. Uttarayan starts in January and ends in June.
- The biggest attraction of Makar Sankranti or Pongal is kite flying. In January month, kids and adults gather together to fly kites. Different types of kites are seen in a kite festival.
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Generally pongal is celebrated in south. The word Pongal means to boil over in Tamil. It is the name of the sweet dish made of the freshly harvested rice by boiling it in jaggery and milk and served to the Gods.The four days of Pongal are bhogi, surya, mattu, and kannum.The festival of Pongal is dedicated to the Sun God Surya for his benevolence in making the prosperity happen.
In Sri Lanka, Pongal is also known as the festival of First Rice. Pongal celebrations in Sri Lanka last for two days. This festival is a way to pay gratitude to the Sun God, Surya and the cattle, both of which are significant for a bountiful harvest. The first day is devoted to the Sun God, Surya.
The two most popular legends of Pongal are stories related to Lord Shiva and Lord Indra. According to a legend, once Shiva asked his bull, Basava, to go to the earth and ask the mortals to have an oil massage and bath every day and to eat once a month. ... Lord Krishna asked all the cowherds to stop worshiping Lord Indra.