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PONGAL Festival Details

 PONGAL:
"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.

Mid-January is an important time in the Tamil calendar. The harvest festival, Pongal, falls typically on the 14th or the 15th of January and is the quintessential 'Tamil Festival'. Pongal is a harvest festival, a traditional occasion for giving thanks to nature, for celebrating the life cycles that give us grain. Tamilians say 'Thai pirandhaal vazhi pirakkum', and believe that knotty family problems will be solved with the advent of the Tamil month Thai that begins on Pongal day. This is traditionally the month of weddings. This is not a surprise in a largely agricultural community - the riches gained from a good harvest form the economic basis for expensive family occasions like weddings.

The First Day:
The first day, Bhogi, is a day for the family. On this day the entire family wakes early in the morning and burns waste wooden rubbish accumulated through the year. Cleaning and burning of rubbish symbolises the destruction of evil. Also on this day, the elders in the family pour different varieties of small fruit known as 'Bhogi Pallu' on the heads of their children. This is performed to bless the children with prosperity and good health. It is celebrated to mark the withdrawal of the south-east monsoon as well as the reaping of the harvest. Sankranthi is generally celebrated in mid-January every year. The word Pongal derives its name from 'Pongali', a sweet preparation made from freshly harvested rice. The newly harvested rice is cooked on this festive occasion to acclaim the bounty of Gods.
This first day is celebrated as Bhogi festival in honor of Lord Indra, the supreme ruler of clouds that give rains. Homage is paid to Lord Indra for the abundance of harvest, thereby bringing plenty and prosperity to the land. Another ritual observed on this day is Bhogi Mantalu, when useless household articles are thrown into a fire made of wood and cow-dung cakes. Girls dance around the bonfire, singing songs in praise of the gods, the spring and the harvest. The significance of the bonfire, in which is burnt the agricultural wastes and firewood is to keep warm during the last lap of winter.

The Second Day:
The second day, Sankranthi or Makara Sankranthi, is dedicated to the worship of 'Surya', the Sun God. The day marks the Sun's journey to the Capricorn ('Makara' raasi) of Northern Hemisphere, signifying the onset of 'Uttarayana Punyakalam', and is a day of celebration all over the country. On this occasion relatives and friends meet and greet one another along with having delicious dishes. The festive specials include 'sakinaalu', 'ariselu', 'jantikalu', 'chakralu' and 'kajjikayalu'.
On the second day of Pongal, the puja or act of ceremonial worship is performed when rice is boiled in milk outdoors in a earthenware pot and is then symbolically offered to the sun-god along with other oblations. All people wear traditional dress and markings, and their is an interesting ritual where husband and wife dispose off elegant ritual utensils specially used for the puja. In the village, the Pongal ceremony is carried out more simply but with the same devotion. In accordance with the appointed ritual a turmeric plant is tied around the pot in which the rice will be boiled. The offerings include the two sticks of sugar-cane in background and coconut and bananas in the dish. A common feature of the puja, in addition to the offerings, is the kolam, the auspicious design which is traditionally traced in white lime powder before the house in the early morning after bathing. 

The Third Day:
The third day, Kanuma, is for worship of the cattle and other domestic animals. On this day, the cattle are bathed, their horns polished and painted in bright colours. Different garlands of flowers and small bells of brass are placed around their necks. In the night, a bonfire is lit and the animals are made to jump over the fire. It is a big event for the people of Andhra Pradesh and the Tamils. The pongali offered to the Gods is then given to cattle and birds to eat.
The third day is also known as Mattu Pongal, the day of Pongal for cows. Multi-colored beads, tinkling bells, sheaves of corn and flower garlands are tied around the neck of the cattle and then are worshiped. They are fed with Pongal and taken to the village centers. The resounding of their bells attract the villagers as the young men race each other's cattle. The entire atmosphere becomes festive and full of fun and revelry. Arati is performed on them, so as to ward off the evil eye. 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. Inadvertently, Basava announced that everyone should eat daily and have an oil bath once a month. This mistake enraged Shiva who then cursed Basava, banishing him to live on the earth forever. He would have to plough the fields and help people produce more food. Thus the association of this day with cattle. 

The Fourth Day:
The Fourth day is known as Mukkanuma or Kannum Pongal day. On this day, a turmeric leaf is washed and is then placed on the ground. On this leaf are placed, the left overs of sweet Pongal and Venn Pongal, ordinary rice as well as rice colored red and yellow, betel leaves, betel nuts, two pieces of sugarcane, turmeric leaves, and plantains. In Tamil Nadu women perform this ritual before bathing in the morning. All the women, young and old, of the house assemble in the courtyard. The rice is placed in the centre of the leaf, while the women ask that the house and family of their brothers should prosper. Arati is performed for the brothers with turmeric water, limestone and rice, and this water is sprinkled on the kolam in front of the house.

The advent of Sankranthi is associated with Spring. Colourfully decorated designs or rangolis, known as 'Muggulu', are drawn in the front of every household during this month. These artistic floral designs are drawn on the floor with rice flour or fine powder from limestone. These patterns are decorated with marigold placed on 'cowdung' balls called 'Gobbemmalu'. Colourfully dressed young girls go around them singing songs. The village scenes are really enchanting with 'Haridasus' and 'Gangireddulu'.

In some parts of Southern India, Rath Yatra and Bullock-cart processions are taken out from the near by Temples. In some places adventurous pastimes like 'Jelli Kattu' are performed. In this pastime bundles of money are tied to the horns of bulls, and villagers try and wrest the bundles from them. In some villages, community meals are arranged to mark the festive occasion.

Happy Makar Sankranthi

 

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Happy Harvest Festival
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Makar Sankranthi means festival of Transition of Sun(sankranthi) from Capricorn(makar zodiac) towards Karka zodiac in North(u might heard about Uttarayan in Mahabharath ),

which in science term says starting of spring season(Winter Solstice)

Festival carry on from 13th, 14th and 15th ...
Makar Sankranthi on 14th proceeds after Bhogi(13th) and
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This festival is celebrated for multitudinous reason and ways across country.
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Interesting fact:  A thousand years ago, Makara Sankranti was on 31 December and is now on 14 January. Five thousand years later, it shall be by the end of February, while in 9,000 years it shall come in June
2050 Makar Sankranti will fall on January 15....

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As i'm not sure about correct dates so could you guys please ask your elders and confirm this fact.........................................


FIND EVEN MORE at WIKIPEDIA.........how many states in India and which countries other than India celebrates Makar Sankranthi......

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