low is Pongal celebrated in Tamil Nadu
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The Pongal festival begins on the day called Bhogi Pongal, and it marks the last day of the Tamil month Marghazi. On this day people discard old belongings and celebrate new possessions. The people assemble and light a bonfire in order to burn the heaps of discards
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Pongal is a popular harvest festival of Tamil Nadu that marks the first day of the sun's return journey to the northern hemisphere, widely known as Makar Sankranti in India.
The harvest festival is celebrated over four days with each day having a different ritual.
The first day of Pongal is celebrated by paying respect to the rain gods who are responsible in ensuring a good crop year. People offer their prayers by thanking Indra for this blessings and ask for a good year again.
The next day of the harvest festival has more elaborate rituals where the women of the house decorate the area outside the house using white powder in the morning.
The third day of Pongal is reserved for offering prayers to cows who is considered a sacred animal for Hindus. The cows are adorned with bells and flowers around their neck.
The last day of Thai Pongal celebrations end with a pooja right outside the home. Women wake up in the morning and before bathing, they place a washed turmeric leaf on the ground. Different kinds of rice are placed on it along with sugarcane sticks, betel nuts and more.
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