15 January 19, It is indian festival called Thai ponggal. It is one of the greatest festival for Indian to celebrate and it is also very fun to participate in few activities such as cook and serve the food to god and others. I spent quality time with my family and friends after a long break. A day before Thai ponggal, my brothers and I were went to purchase few items such as clay pot, sugarcane, packet rice, raw milk and etc items that are required to cook ponggal. On Thai ponggal day, we woke up early in the morning and did veneration before starting to cook ponggal in clay pot. Everything went smooth and well. It was really an unforgettable day in my life.
Here is about Thai Pongal .
Thai Pongal is celebrated on the first day of the month Thai of the Tamil calendar. The day normally falls between 12th and 15th of the month of January in the Christian calendar. Thus, Thai is the first month of the Tamil Almanac, and Pongal is a dish of sweet concoction of rice, moong dal, jaggery and milk. This festival is celebrated by one and all as it is non-relevance to any particular religious faith. The whole Tamil population of the world celebrate it without any differences. Therefore it is widely known as “Tamil Thai Pongal” or the “Festival of the Tamils”.
The Tamil festival of Thai Pongal is a thanks giving ceremony in which the farmers celebrate the event to thank the spirits of nature spirit, the Sun and the farm animals for their assistance in providing a successful harvest. The rest of the people celebrate the festival to pay their thanks to the farmers for the production of food. Overall, it is a festival to encourage social cohesiveness and unite people by bringing them together in a common function. There are many songs about Thai Pongal and there is much Tamil literature about it.
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