World Celebrations

Pongal

This festival is mainly celebrated in Tamil Nadu a southern state of India, this is a four days long crop festival. Middle of January is an central time in the Tamil calendar.

The harvest festival, Pongal, falls usually on the 14th or the 15th of January and is the classic 'Tamil Festival . Pongal is a crop festival, a traditional moment for giving credit to nature, for celebrating the life cycles that give us grain. Celebration of first day is Bhogi festival in respect of Lord Indra. On the second day of Pongal, the puja is performed when rice is boiled in milk outdoors in a earthenware pot and is then characteristically offered to the sun-god along with other oblations.

Pongal Cards

The modern day Pongal Cards come in a several range of interesting and enchanting designs. Generally, they wish the receiver success and good harvest. Trendy images used in Pongal Cards are that of complicated and colourful Kolam designs laid on the floor besides a lit diya and growing sun to symbolize hope and good opening. You can also get cards that have image of sugarcane and kalash that wishes 'Pongalo Pongal' and 'Pongum Mangalam Engum Thanguga'.

Pongal Festival

Pongal is traditionally celebrated at crop time, it's a celebration of the prosperity associated with the harvest by thanking the rain, sun and the farm animals that have support in the harvest. This is customarily the month of weddings. This is not a surprise in a mainly agricultural community - the riches gained from a good harvest form the economic source for pricey family occasions like weddings.

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