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Introduction :
Pongal is a
three day winter harvest festival and one of the major events celebrated in South India. This festival stared from the month of Thai (first day of the Tamil month) the name of the festival is ensuing from Pongal, reaping of paddy is done. Using the new rice, the recipe "pongal" is made and offered to God. A picture of the chariot is drawn in an open space when the sun arrives. And a small sun is drawn at the center of the chariot. We place turmeric sprigs and sugarcane in the pooja, and pooja is done onto the chariot. Then the dishes are offered to God. Once the pooja is over, everyone in the house takes a small amount of Pongal and sprinkles all over the house. Pongal is a festival when god is praised with a simple faith and honesty. Old vices are all washed out and all that is good is welcomed in this New Year. In Karnataka, this festival is called as " Sankranti". For this reason it is a great diversity of Indian religious, so celebrate this events with your favorite site rumela.
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