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Pongal is a three day-long harvest festival celebrated in Andhra Pradesh, largest and surplus state in South India. It is celebrated with much pomp and gaiety in Tamilnadu too. The "Pongal "(traditional name in Tamilnadu) usually starts with the onset of picking up fruitful crops. For as long as there is gathering of food and planting, there is some form of harvest festival. Known as "Sankranti" amongst Telugu people and "Pongal" amongst Tamil ranks , it is by and large the biggest festival of the year. The word "Pongal" is considered one sort of thanks giving to the nature and holds another term "to boil". This festival of "harvest" is annually held during mid-January. People, after having amassed wealth from a good harvest, purchase a range of goods and clothes and decorate their homes with colorful articles.
In Andhra, the essence of the festival could actually be seen at the Sandadi where the chiming bells of the tastefully decorated ‘gangireddulu’ and the Gangireddulavallu in their traditional attire, the melodious music from the naadaswaram, pathways decorated with rangoli, would add color to the bash. The Gangireddullavallu and Harmfulness would enthrall the visitors during all the three days- Bhogi, Sankranti and Kanuma.
The harvest festival usually falls on 14th or 15th of January and is distinctively the "Telugu festival". The first day is celebrated as Bhogi festival in the honor of Lord Indra, the supreme ruler of clouds who blesses people with rains. A ritual called, "Bhogi Mantalu" is observed on this day, usually on 13th, when useless stuff and others are thrown into a fire made of wood and cow-dung cakes. The significance of the bonfire is not clearly known but one has to arrive at least at one point. It is meant to expel bad nature in human life style and dismantle impurities. Needless to say that firewood is to keep warm during the last lap of winter.
On the second day of Pongal, the puja or act of ceremonial worship is performed when rice is boiled in milk outdoors in an earthenware pot and is then symbolically offered to the sun-god along with other oblations. All people wear traditional dress and markings. People pay homage to the passed away elders of the family and offer milk porridge and other food items. In the evenings, children and women wear newly bought dresses and celebrate till late night.
The third day is known as Kanuma Pongal day. In Tamilnadu women perform this ritual before bathing in the morning. All the women, young and old, of the house assemble in the courtyard. The rice is placed in the centre of the leaf, while the women ask that the house and family of their brothers should prosper.
Kriya Media is happy to share some of those moments with the readers.
Pongal is a three day-long harvest festival celebrated in Andhra Pradesh, largest and surplus state in South India. It is celebrated with much pomp and gaiety in Tamilnadu too. The "Pongal "(traditional name in Tamilnadu) usually starts with the onset of picking up fruitful crops. For as long as there is gathering of food and planting, there is some form of harvest festival. Known as "Sankranti" amongst Telugu people and "Pongal" amongst Tamil ranks , it is by and large the biggest festival of the year. The word "Pongal" is considered one sort of thanks giving to the nature and holds another term "to boil". This festival of "harvest" is annually held during mid-January. People, after having amassed wealth from a good harvest, purchase a range of goods and clothes and decorate their homes with colorful articles.In Andhra, the essence of the festival could actually be seen at the Sandadi where the chiming bells of the tastefully decorated ‘gangireddulu’ and the Gangireddulavallu in their traditional attire, the melodious music from the naadaswaram, pathways decorated with rangoli, would add color to the bash. The Gangireddullavallu and Harmfulness would enthrall the visitors during all the three days- Bhogi, Sankranti and Kanuma.
The harvest festival usually falls on 14th or 15th of January and is distinctively the "Telugu festival". The first day is celebrated as Bhogi festival in the honor of Lord Indra, the supreme ruler of clouds who blesses people with rains. A ritual called, "Bhogi Mantalu" is observed on this day, usually on 13th, when useless stuff and others are thrown into a fire made of wood and cow-dung cakes. The significance of the bonfire is not clearly known but one has to arrive at least at one point. It is meant to expel bad nature in human life style and dismantle impurities. Needless to say that firewood is to keep warm during the last lap of winter.
On the second day of Pongal, the puja or act of ceremonial worship is performed when rice is boiled in milk outdoors in an earthenware pot and is then symbolically offered to the sun-god along with other oblations. All people wear traditional dress and markings. People pay homage to the passed away elders of the family and offer milk porridge and other food items. In the evenings, children and women wear newly bought dresses and celebrate till late night.
The third day is known as Kanuma Pongal day. In Tamilnadu women perform this ritual before bathing in the morning. All the women, young and old, of the house assemble in the courtyard. The rice is placed in the centre of the leaf, while the women ask that the house and family of their brothers should prosper.
Kriya Media is happy to share some of those moments with the readers.
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