Hi all,
Pongal Festival 2016:
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.
Pongal festival falls on mid of Jan every year. This year pongal festival celebrations in Jan 15, 2016. Thai pongal also as Makara Sankranthi.
Pongal Celebrations is for 4 days.
1st Day - Bhogi Festival
2nd Day - Thai Pongal Festival
3rd Day - Maatu Pongal
4th Day - Kaanum or Kani Pongal
Pongal Festival 2016:
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.
Pongal festival falls on mid of Jan every year. This year pongal festival celebrations in Jan 15, 2016. Thai pongal also as Makara Sankranthi.
Pongal Celebrations is for 4 days.
1st Day - Bhogi Festival
2nd Day - Thai Pongal Festival
3rd Day - Maatu Pongal
4th Day - Kaanum or Kani Pongal
