Makar sankranati celabrated in north india on 14th January , on the same day pongal is celabrated in south india it is grand THREEdays event , this day 14 th january is celebrated all over India with prayers festivities and harvest feast.
PONGAL is celebration of prosperity and happiness and well being this is the time of the year when farmers reap rewards. PONGAL means boiling when pot of milk is full and boils over it , it symbolises a good harvest and prosperity.it is also the celebration for work well done,people dance and feast on sweat pongal chanting PONGALO ,PONGALO ,DANCE LIKE KUMI ARE UNIQUE TO PONGAL..Real spirit of pongal is in rural south India.days before the pongal cleaniing the home and surrounding is done.
daybefore pongal is called BHOGI the things that are not wanted are burnt in a bonfire so that a new beginning of the year is made on a clean slate as sugar cane is harvested in janury people buy the entire tree and decorate the entrance new cloths people wear ,women draw kolam out side their front door.
second day is MATTU PONGAL cattles are bathed and decorated then taken for a walk around the village to receive gifts. in complet contrast of the holy cow is JALLIKATTU AN RURAL ANCIENT SPORT WHOLE VILLAGE GATHER TO SEE, OF TAMING THE WILD BULL CHASE AKIN ..
The third day is KANUM PONGAL. WHERE PEOPLE GO OUTING WITH FAMILY.The signifinance of pongal is to celebrate the festival known as makar sankranti according to hindu calendar sankranti marks the movement of earth from one zodic to another. it is also suns movement to uttarayana from dakshinaya.
All over the country it is celebrated , in gujarat people fly kites.prepare tal sankli, oondhiya as in this month all kind of vegetables are available. sankranti is celebrated all over India ,on this day people takedip in rivers and pry to lord,but new avatar of tamil nadu of pongal is shopping watching movieson t,v or going to multiplex IF WANT TO ENJOY TRUE PONGAL IT IS IN RURAL TAMIL NADU you get to see.
PONGAL is celebration of prosperity and happiness and well being this is the time of the year when farmers reap rewards. PONGAL means boiling when pot of milk is full and boils over it , it symbolises a good harvest and prosperity.it is also the celebration for work well done,people dance and feast on sweat pongal chanting PONGALO ,PONGALO ,DANCE LIKE KUMI ARE UNIQUE TO PONGAL..Real spirit of pongal is in rural south India.days before the pongal cleaniing the home and surrounding is done.
daybefore pongal is called BHOGI the things that are not wanted are burnt in a bonfire so that a new beginning of the year is made on a clean slate as sugar cane is harvested in janury people buy the entire tree and decorate the entrance new cloths people wear ,women draw kolam out side their front door.
second day is MATTU PONGAL cattles are bathed and decorated then taken for a walk around the village to receive gifts. in complet contrast of the holy cow is JALLIKATTU AN RURAL ANCIENT SPORT WHOLE VILLAGE GATHER TO SEE, OF TAMING THE WILD BULL CHASE AKIN ..
The third day is KANUM PONGAL. WHERE PEOPLE GO OUTING WITH FAMILY.The signifinance of pongal is to celebrate the festival known as makar sankranti according to hindu calendar sankranti marks the movement of earth from one zodic to another. it is also suns movement to uttarayana from dakshinaya.
All over the country it is celebrated , in gujarat people fly kites.prepare tal sankli, oondhiya as in this month all kind of vegetables are available. sankranti is celebrated all over India ,on this day people takedip in rivers and pry to lord,but new avatar of tamil nadu of pongal is shopping watching movieson t,v or going to multiplex IF WANT TO ENJOY TRUE PONGAL IT IS IN RURAL TAMIL NADU you get to see.
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