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Pongal (festival)
Pongal (பொங்கல், /ˈθaɪˈpoʊŋʌl/, also spelled Poṅkal), is also referred to as Thai Pongal (தைப்பொங்கல், also spelled Tai Pongal), is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival of South India, particularly in the Tamil community.[3][4][5] It is observed at the start of the month Tai according to Tamil solar calendar,[4] and this is typically about January 14.[3][1] It is dedicated to the Hindu sun god,[6] the Surya, and corresponds to Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival under many regional names celebrated throughout India.[7][8][9] The three days of the Pongal festival are called Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal and Maattu Pongal.[7]
According to tradition, the festival marks the end of winter solstice, and the start of the sun's six-month-long journey northwards (the Uttaraayanam) when the sun enters the zodiac Makara (Capricorn).[10] The festival is named after the ceremonial "Pongal", which means "to boil, overflow" and refers to the traditional dish prepared from the new harvest of rice boiled in milk with jaggery (raw sugar).[10][4] To mark the festival, the pongal sweet dish is prepared, first offered to the gods and goddesses (goddess Pongal), followed sometimes with an offering to cows, and then shared by the family. Festive celebrations include decorating cows and their horns, ritual bathing and processions.[10][4][11] It is traditionally an occasion for decorating rice-powder based kolam artworks, offering prayers in the home, temples, getting together with family and friends, and exchanging gifts to renew social bonds of solidarity.[1][12]
Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamil people in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in India.[5][13] It is also a major Tamil festival in Sri Lanka.[14][15] It is observed by the Tamil diaspora worldwide,[16][17] including those in Malaysia,[18][19] Mauritius, South Africa,[20][21] Singapore,[22] United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.[23][24][25]
Etymology and history
Tai (தை, Thai) refers to the name of the tenth month in the Tamil calendar, while Pongal (from pongu) connotes "boiling over" or "overflow." Pongal is also the name of a sweetened dish of rice boiled in milk and jaggery that is ritually consumed on this day.[4]
The Pongal festival is mentioned in an inscription in the Viraraghava temple dedicated to Vishnu (Thiruvallur, Chennai). Credited to the Chola king Kulottunga I (1070-1122 CE), the inscription describes a grant of land to the temple for celebrating the annual Pongal festivities.[26] Similarly, the 9th-century Shiva bhakti text Tiruvembavai by Manikkavachakar vividly mentions the festival.[26]
Pongal dish made from rice in milk, with cane or white sugar.
According to Andrea Gutiérrez – a scholar of Sanskrit and Tamil traditions, the history of the Pongal dish in festive and religious context can be traced to at least the Chola period. It appears in numerous texts and inscriptions with variant spellings. In early records, it appears as ponakam, tiruponakam, ponkal and similar terms.[27] Some of the major Hindu temple inscriptions from Chola Dynasty to Vijayanagara Empire periods include detailed recipe which are essentially the same as the pongal recipes of the modern era, but for the variations in seasonings and relative amounts of the ingredients.[27] Further, the terms ponakam, ponkal and its prefixed variants have meant either the festive pongal dish by itself as prasadam, or the pongal dish as part of entire thali (now alankara naivedya). These were a part of the charitable grants received and served by free community kitchens in Tamil and Andhra Pradesh Hindu temples either as festival food or to pilgrims every day.[27]
Pongal dish
The festival's most significant practice is the preparation of the traditional "pongal" dish. It utilizes freshly harvested rice, and is prepared by boiling it in milk and raw cane sugar (jaggery).[10] Sometimes additional ingredients are added to the sweet dish, such as: cardamom, raisins, Green gram (split), and cashew nuts. Other ingredients include coconut and ghee (clarified butter from cow milk).[7][27] Along with the sweet version of the Pongal dish, some prepare other versions such as salty and savoury (venpongal). In some communities, women take their "cooking pots to the town center, or the main square, or near a temple of their choice or simply in front of their own home" and cook together as a social event, states Gutiérrez.[27] The cooking is done in sunlight, usually in a porch or courtyard, as the dish is dedicated to the Sun god, Surya. Relatives and friends are invited, and the standard greeting on the Pongal day typically is, "has the rice boiled"?[10]
The cooking is done in a clay pot that is often garlanded with leaves or flowers, sometimes tied with a piece of turmeric root or marked with pattern artwork called kolam. It is either cooked at home, or in community gatherings such as in temples or village open spaces.[28] It is the ritual dish, along with many other courses prepared from seasonal foods for all present. It is traditionally offered to the gods and goddesses first, followed sometimes by cows, then to friends and family gathered. Temples and communities organize free kitchen prepared by volunteers to all those who gather.[10][29] According to Andre Bateille, this tradition is a means to renew social bonds.[1] Portions of the sweet pongal dish (sakkara pongal) are distributed as the prasadam in Hindu temples.[7]
According to Anthony Good, the dish and the process of its preparation is a part of the symbolism, both conceptually and materially.[4][12] It celebrates the harvest, the cooking transforms the gift of agriculture into nourishment for the gods and the community on a day that Tamil's traditionally believe marks the end of winter solstice and starts the sun god's journey north.[4] The blessing of abundance by Goddess Pongal (Uma, Parvati) is symbolically marked by the dish "boiling over".[28]
Days of the festival
Pongala in Kerala
In Kerala – a state that shares historic cultural overlap with Tamils through Chera dynasty according to Sangam literature, the festival is called Pongala. The rituals including the cooking of milk-rice-jaggery dish, social visits, and the reverence for cattle is observed in Kerala communities. It is observed on the same day as Tamil Pongal, and is a limited state holiday in the districts of Wayanad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram.[40]
Of particular note is the largest pilgrimage and annual gathering of Hindu women to the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple near Thiruvanathapuram (Kerala). The Pongala festival falls according to the Malayalam calendar, in the month of Makaram-Kumbham (February–March).[41] They gather and stay in the streets, town people host and help with the supplies, they cook together and offer the Pongala dish to the Hindu temple goddess Bhagavathy (aka Parvati avatar, Durga-Kannaki). Free food is distributed to everyone on the streets.[42]
The Pongala dish by women pilgrims near the Goddess temple in south Kerala
While the Attukal Pongala pilgrimage and festival has roots in the Hindu culture and temple, it attracts participation from women from other religions.[43] The Attukal Pongala has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest gathering of women in the world, featuring an estimated 2.5 million women.[44] The celebrations include dance (Kathakali) and musical performances by boys and girls, as well as major processions featuring the temple goddess.[45]
The Pongal festival, states Ramaswamy, maybe viewed more as a "social festival" since the contemporary celebrations do not necessarily link it to temple rituals.[5] Temples and cultural centers organize the ritual cooking of Pongal dish, along with fairs (Pongal mela) with handicrafts, crafts, pottery, sarees, ethnic jewelry for sale. These sites hold traditional community sports such as Uri Adithal ("breaking a hanging mud pot while blindfolded"), Pallanguzhi and Kabbadi, as well as group dance and music performances in major cities and towns.[46][47]
In Karnataka, the festival days are similar, except the dish is called "Ellu". Decorations and social visits are also common in many parts of Karnataka.[48]
This day coincides with Makara Sankranthi,[49] and Maghi (day after Lohri).[50] It is celebrated in many parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh.[51]
Outside India
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மரபுகளை நினைவு கூறுவதும், பாரம்பரியத்தை நினைவு கூறுவதும், பழமையை நினைவு கூறுவதும் இந்த பண்டிகையின் முக்கிய நோக்கம் ஆகும். பழைய கழிதலும், புதியன புகுதலும் என்ற கொள்கையின் படி, போகியுடன் தொடங்குகிறது இந்த பொங்கல் பண்டிகை.
போகி, பொங்கல், மாட்டுப் பொங்கல், காணும் பொங்கல் என்று பொங்கல் நான்கு நாட்கள் தமிழகத்தில் கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. நான்கு நாட்களும் தனி தனியாக நிறைய சிறப்புகளை கொண்டுள்ளது. போகி அன்று பழைய பொருட்கள் வீட்டில் இருந்து அகற்றப்படும்.
பொங்கல் அன்று சூரியனை வேண்டி மக்கள், பொங்கல் சமைப்பார்கள். விவசாயத்திற்கு உதவிய சூரியனுக்கு மக்கள் நன்றி செலுத்துவார்கள். அதன்பின் விவசாயத்திற்கு உதவிய மாடுகளுக்கு மறுநாள் அன்று மாட்டு பொங்கல் கொண்டாடப்படும். காணும் பொங்கல் அன்று மஞ்சள் தண்ணீர் தெளித்து மக்கள் கொண்டாடுவார்கள்.
வரலாற்று ரீதியாக தமிழர்கள் 2000 வருடங்களுக்கு முன்பே பொங்கலை கொண்டாடும் வழக்கம் இருந்துள்ளது. தை மக்களை வரவேற்கும் விதமாக பொங்கல் கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. தை மகள் வந்தால் போதும் வாழ்வு செழிக்கும், வளம் கொழிக்கும் என்பார்கள்.
தை பிறந்தால் வழி பிறக்கும் என்பவர்கள். அப்படிப்பட்ட தை மகளை அழகான வாழ்த்தோடு வரவேற்பது தானே அழகாக இருக்கும். ஆம், இந்த தை ஒன்றை முன்னிட்டும், பொங்கலை முன்னிட்டு உங்கள் உறவினருக்கு அழகாக வாழ்த்து தெரிவித்து பொங்கல் பண்டிகையை அழகு சேர்த்திடுங்கள்.
May the sweetness of jaggery, milk, and these dry fruits bring the sweetest wishes to you and your family. Happy Pongal”
“On this festive season may every color of love fill your home and heart with lots of happiness. Happy Pongal”
“On this auspicious day of the year do not forget to celebrate the gifts of life. Show your gratitude to the almighty for every blessing you have in your life. Happy Pongal”
“May this harvest festival diminish all your worries and fears from your life and fill your heart with calm and healthy thoughts. Happy Pongal”
“Let us meet, greet and eat together with this auspicious decoration and beautiful kolams. Wish you a very Happy Pongal”
“May this auspicious day brings in good luck to your home and may success touch your feet. Happy Pongal”
As the festival of Pongal is here, hoping it ushers in good days, that is filled with happiness and cheer, and the fervor it symbolizes stays with you throughout the year. With best wishes.
Here are a few Happy Pongal Festival Wishes with Images that you can send to your family and friends on Pongal
Pongal Festival is very popular in South India. It’s festival of Tamil New Year. It is celebrated on 14 January of every year.
What is Pongal Festival? :- Thai Pongal தைப்பொங்கல் is a Tamil harvest festival.
Pongal is also referred Makar Sankranthi this festival is mostly celebrated in two states, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. This is the high-end festivals to both the regions. Happy Pongal Festival Wishes, This Day People cook fresh and new rice for their family and friends. On the other hand, Pongal is also the name of a sweet dish containing rice and milk cooked in a utensil in sunlight. traditional Indian items made by craftsmen for display in the festival. Special dishes like ‘Sarkkarai Pongal’ made on Pongal and pray for the blessing of Sun God. On this day People thank God for the bumper harvest.
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