because for the sun
There are about four days in Pongal which is celebrated in India by Hindus like me. The four days are called: 1. Bhogi 2. Thai Pongal 3. Maatu Pongal 4. Kaanum Pongal
Pongal is a four-day festival of the harvest in India
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The word Pongal describes the boiling over of milk or rice. However this word is also used to describe the Thai harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu.
January 15th Thai 1 -2009
Pongal is a harvest festival, it celebrates the coming of the spring season. People celebrate this festival as a thanksgiving to the livestock and nature for ging us grains and food. This festival performs pooja to the Sun, the cows, Lord Indra and Krishna. You can read more about Pongal celebrations and legends here:
pongal is celebrated in Kerala
we will celebrate pongal in three days
You can say "Pongal Vazhthukkal" in Tamil to wish someone a happy Pongal.
Pongal is the name of the celebration and a food... Pongal-sweet rice cooked in an earthenware pot
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