Pongal Festival in Pondichery
It is remarkable fact about Indian festivals is that a majority of festivals has a close association with the agricultural activities of the people.
Contact us for all tour Tourism / Travel Needs Email id : info@southindiatourtravel.com
Pongal is one such festival that has assumed the dimension of a very popular festival in Tamil Nadu and other places in South India.
Pongal Festival is celebrated to mark the withdrawal of the Southeast monsoons as well as reaping of the harvest. Pongal Festival is celebrated with tremendous enthusiasm in Pondicherry.
We arrange tours all over India / Across the Globe. For car rentals, Hotel & Bookings contact us at info@southindiatourtravel.com
During the Pongal Festival the houses in Pondicherry are cleaned and embellished, generally with exquisite and brightly colored patterns.
A long-
established ritual is followed by burning old clothes and mats. Lip smacking dishes are prepared at home.
The famous among them is the pot-pourri of rice, jaggery, sugar and raisins, served in brand new pots.
The cattle are bathed and adorned with flowers and beads and their horns are brightly painted.
Even the cattle are fed the Pongal dish. People visit each other's house to exchange greetings.
Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festival of South India, mainly Tamil Nadu.
Pongal falls in the mid-January every year and marks the auspicious beginning of Uttarayan - sun's journey northwards. Pongal festival lasts for four days.
Celebrations include drawing of Kolam, swinging & cooking of delicious Pongal.
Surya Pongal Puja Process
The Sun God is offered boiled milk and jaggery. A plank is placed on the ground, a large image of the Sun God is sketched on it and Kolam designs are drawn around it.
In the centre of the plank is drawn a large figure of the Sun God with his effulgent rays.
The "Puja" of the Sun God starts after the auspicious moment of the birth of the new month Thai. Prayers are rendered to the Sun God to seek his benedictions.
Pondicherry’s Pongal Festival,The Sun God is given pride of place during Pongal. In the villages, people gather in the courtyard and prepare the Pongal in the open.
The pot in which the Pongal is cooked is decorated with flowers, sugarcane pieces, turmeric plant etc. The first offering is made to the Sun.
Southindiatourtravel.com is an international travel site and a repository of useful information on Pongal Festival in Pondicherry and in other exotic places around the globe.
Contact us for all customized tourism reservations on the following mobile Nos ( 24 Hours) : +91-98422 55573 , 99425 87000; Email id: info@southindiatourtravel.com
<<<Previous : Next>>>
|
