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The information about Pongal Festival and its' importance in India. | What are 4 days of celebrations in the Pongal Festival? |

The information about Pongal Festival and its' importance in India. 

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Pongal Festival
There are 4 days of celebrations in the Pongal Festival and Pongal Festival is celebrated in Tamil Nadu, South India. The Pongal festival arrives in the month of "Thai". In the year 2021, it comes on 14th January i.e. Thursday, and complete on 17th January i.e. Sunday 2021. The main celebration occurs on 15th January i.e. Thai Pongal. The main celebration occurs on 15th January i.e. Thai Pongal. This is Harvest Festival and farmers like to harvest crops majorly rice and sugarcane etc.

As beliefs, the Pongal festival is celebrated to say thanks and to express gratitude to the Sun God and Indra God for giving blessings to farmers to get better crops that are harvested during this period. And it is celebrated for four days continuously. Thai Pongal is associated with Makar Sankranti; which is also, a harvest festival celebrated throughout India and comes on the fourteenth day of January. The great festival Pongal arrives around the same time as Lohri Festival and  Makar Sankranti every year in the middle of January Month.

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Food Dish
Food is cooked in clay pots under the Sun dedicated it to the Lord Sun. On this day people also distribute bunches of pieces of sugarcane and food which is made of boiled rice, milk, and jaggery. One of the beliefs is that Lord Krishna on the first day of Pongal, Bhogi day, raised a mountain named Govardhan through his little finger to save people, cattle by heavily raining by angry Lord Indra, known as rain God. 


Secondly, Lord Shiva sent his bull Nandi to earth with one message pass to people that take oil bath every day and eat once a month but due to confusion Nandi passed the wrong message to people that eat daily and take an oil bath once in a month and God Shiva became angry over Nandi and sent Ox to help people during harvesting. From that period of time people start to celebrate Pongal as a Festival. There are two types of Varieties of  Pongal, is Sakkarai Pongal which is sweets. And other Pongal made from butter.

What are the 4 days of celebrations at the Pongal Festival?


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1) Bhogi Pongal is devoted to Lord Indra, God Of Rain. On this day people cook food on clay pots put over a bonfire made up of wood and cow's dung cake. People through old and waste things out of the house and celebrate the day with new things. At night people assemble at the bonfire to light and it is similar to Lohri Festival of North India.



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Banana Leaf
2) Thai Pongal or Surya Pongal is devoted to Lord Surya. This day is the main event of the Pongal Festival associated with Makar Sankranti. On this day people wake up early in the morning and after taking bath and make a good Rangoli design called kolams on the floor through lime powder at the entrance of their house and decorate their homes with mangoes leaves and bananas leave. And also start to boil rice in the earthen pot along with milk, jaggery is boiled together in open to welcome Sun for eating. Other items also offer to Sun God are sugarcane pieces, coconut, and bananas also.


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Sugarcane Farms
3) Mattu Pongal is Celebrated to say thanks to farm animals for their help in fields. As a story, Lord Shiva sent his bull Nandi to earth with one message pass to people that take oil bath every day and eat once in a month but due to confusion, Nandi passed the wrong message to people that eat daily and take oil bath one in a month and this made God Shiva angry over Nandi and sent Ox to earth forever to help people during harvesting and producing food. 


4) Kaanum Pongal is celebrated to thank friends and relatives for their kind cooperation during the year and women pray for their brother for their prosperity. During this last day, people like to visit each other and give gifts. Also people leftover Pongal dish along with betel nuts, betel leaves, sugarcane all to gather put in turmeric leaf in open. 

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