Pongal 2009 Villu Pongal 2009 Pongal Calendar Pongal Festivel Pongal Day
Pongal Date is the winter solstice in the Hindu solar calendar. The passing of the sun into the sign Capricorn marks it. Pongal is celebrated on this date itself and also to celebrate the coming of spring. There are several ways of calculating the Hindu solar calendar, so Pongal date may vary by up to one day in various parts of India depending whether local custom dictates the use of the old or new Hindu calendar or astronomical tables. Pongal or Thai Pongal is also called Makara Sankaranthi, since it is celebrated on the first day of Thai when the Sun enters the Makara Rasi (Capricornus). This signals the end of winter and the onset of spring throughout the northern hemisphere. For the next six months, the days are longer and warmer.
As the day of Pongal celebration is decided according to the solar calendar, the Pongal date remains the same every year. Following are the date on which the four days of Pongal are celebrated:
Bhogi Festival : 13th January. (Every Year)
Pongal : 14th January. (Every Year)
Maathu Pongal : 15th January. (Every Year)
Kaanum Pongal : 16th January. (Every Year)
Bharatiyar, the famous Tamil poet had said that all the wealth that is there in the world lies in Tamil Nadu. The reality is, you will find the wealth in its festivals, when the whole of Tamil springs up to life to celebrate those merry moments. Plan your vacation trip in January,and you can be a part of the famous Pongal, the four-day harvest festival of Tamil Nadu. Centred around the preparation of delicious 'pongal' - boiled new rice with milk and jaggery, this festival is indeed a thing to behold. Unlike other Hindu festivals, dates for this festival are calculated according to the solar calander, and hence it falls on January 13-16 every year. Each day of this festival bears a special significance and is unique in its own way. The festival is celebrated more grandly in the villages, while the city folk mainly celebrate on the second day only. You can see people in colourful new clothes, singing and dancing on the tunes of musical instruments. You can also hear yells of 'Pongal-o-pongal' and children make songs of this phrase.
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