{"id":12133,"date":"2013-01-10T16:07:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T10:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/?p=12133"},"modified":"2020-06-15T04:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:00:24","slug":"pongal-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/pongal-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Pongal Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12135\" alt=\"pongal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pongal.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/>Pongal, one of the most popular and auspicious festivals of South India is a traditional harvest festive. It is an event of thanksgiving to Sun god and nature. Pongal actually means \u201cboiling over\u201d, families rejoice this customary festival by boiling over the rice and milk in a clay pot and shouting happily \u2018Pongal O Pongal\u2019.\u00a0 Later they consume this delicious food by adding some flavours .This harvest festival is celebrated for four days normally held from 13th January to 16th January.\u00a0 Since it is an auspicious occasion, people in Tamil Nadu buy or invest in gold, properties or any other commodity as a sign of prosperity.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>All four days of the festival have some unique significance:<\/em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12136\" alt=\"bhogi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bhogi.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/>Bhogi (1<sup>st<\/sup> day)<\/strong>Bhogi is observed as the first day of this harvest festival. On this day people clean up their home, decorate them and get ready to celebrate the grand festival. Traditionally old and unwanted household articles mostly made up of wood and cow dung are burnt together as bonfire. In some parts of Tamil Nadu, people honor the rain God Indra for abundance of cultivation.&nbsp;<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12138\" alt=\"Thai-Pongal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Thai-Pongal.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/>Thai Pongal (2<sup>nd<\/sup> day)<\/strong>Thai Pongal is the second and the main day of Pongal celebration. The sun god is worshipped on this day. Women early morning put rangolis and perform pooja. The common features of the pooja are turmeric plants, sugarcane, fruits and flowers. At the time of sunrise, rice is cooked in traditional pots till it boils. After the rice overflows, people rejoice by shouting Pongal O Pongal. The rice which is cooked is known as Pongal.\u00a0 The traditional food prepared on this day is Ven pongal which means white pongal. It normally consists of rice, dal, dry fruits and ghee and the other type of pongal is sakrai pongal which means sweet pongal. It is made of rice and jaggery.&nbsp;<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12139\" alt=\"jallikattu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jallikattu.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/>Mattu Pongal (3<sup>rd<\/sup> day)<\/strong>It is the third day of this grand celebration. Mattu means cattle. This day is devoted to the farm animals which are part of our livelihood. Cattles are decorated with paint, bells, and flowers. People pay respect to the cattle by performing pooja and by feeding them pongal. This form pongal is mainly celebrated in village areas. In some parts of the state, people celebrate this occasion with the adventurous game of bull taming. This sport is termed as Jallikattu. Though it is a dangerous sport, it is the sign of power for men who tame the bull.&nbsp;<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12141\" alt=\"kaanum-ponagal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kaanum-ponagal.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/>Kaanum Pongal (4<sup>th<\/sup> day)<\/strong>It is observed as the fourth and last day of the joyous festival of Pongal. It is basically a family get together. Members of family meet and greet each other; they pay respect to the elder members of the family. Other than this women of the family, place sweet pongal and other food items on the turmeric leaf and offer to the birds and pray for the well-being of the family.&nbsp;Though Pongal started as a village festival, it has now emerged as the most celebrated festival of the Tamilians all over the world.<span style=\"left:100%;display:inline-block;position:fixed\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rusbankinfo.ru\/\">\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0443 \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432 \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0433\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rusbankinfo.ru\/credits.html\">\u0432\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043a\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0442 \u043e\u043d\u043b\u0430\u0439\u043d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pongal, one of the most popular and auspicious festivals of South India is a traditional harvest festive. It is an event of thanksgiving to Sun god and nature. 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