Pongal is extensively celebrated in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Sri Lanka. The competition derives its title from the Tamil phrase that means ‘spilling over.’ This yr, the Pongal celebrations will start on January 15 and conclude on January 18.

In India, harvest festivals within the month of January mark the start of festivities yearly. The onset of harvest season is noticed throughout the nation below varied names primarily based on the area the place it’s celebrated. The competition is extensively celebrated within the Indian Subcontinent and by Hindus all around the world.

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The festivities start with boiling the season’s first rice with milk and jaggery. Bhogi Pongal marks the start to 4-day lengthy festivities. It is adopted by Surya Pongal and Mattu Pongal on the third day. Kannum marks the conclusion to those festivities.

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Rituals that mark this event embrace bathing, processions, prayers at house and temples, elaborate feasts, home decorations and worship of the Sun God.

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Here are some needs and quotes to share together with your family members:

1. Wishing you a affluent future and a cheerful Pongal! We thank the solar for burning himself to offer us heat. We thank the vegetation for sacrificing themselves for our life. We thank the creatures serving to us dwell a wholesome life.
2. May the divine blessings of Surya attain your private home. Wish you and your loved ones a Happy Pongal!
3. May the almighty bless you all with the very best of well being, wealth & prosperity. Wishing you & your family members a really Happy Pongal.
4. May the sweetness of gur, doodh and kaju carry happiness into your life. A really completely happy Pongal!
5. May this harvest competition scale back all of your fears and failures out of your life and fill your coronary heart with calm and wholesome ideas. Happy Pongal!
6. May the harvest competition assure you at all times have the very best meals and greatest life. Greetings on Pongal!
7. May good luck enter your private home and success contact your ft. May happiness overflow on the auspicious event of Pongal.
8. Wishing that your shares soar and the Lord’s divine blessings at all times be upon you.
9. Let us greet, meet, and eat collectively on this auspicious event with these stunning decorations and kolams. Wish you a really Happy Pongal!
10. Wishing you an extended and completely happy life, prosperity, loving household and pals. May each dream of yours turn into actuality.