2019 Pongal Festival Date & Time, 2019 Thai Pongal Calendar
About Pongal Festival :
'Pongal' is one of the most popular harvest festival of South India, mainly Tamil Nadu. Pongal is the biggest harvest festival, and it belongs from the Hindu faith. It is the great and important festival for harvesting the crop. On this occasion, people gently thank the sun god, who plays a significant role in agriculture crops. Pongal falls in the mid of January every year. It is the auspicious beginning of Uttarayan - sun's journey northwards. This festival lasts for four days. People eagerly wait for this day to offer cooked rice to the God on the Pongal day. Pongal Festival is celebrated around 14th January every day. People eagerly wait for this day to offer cooked rice to the God on the Pongal day.
Here is the Date of Thai Pongal Festival 2019 :| Name of Festivals | Day | Date of Festivals |
|---|---|---|
| Thai Pongal | Tuesday | 15th January 2019 |
Men, women, children all would go to the fields to reap the harvest. Since rice is to be offered to God how it can be cooked in the kitchen inside the house. In the courtyard or some other open space to let God to see how enthusiastic the people are to make him offerings. Sun God is just ready to have a bit of change in his course bending a little to the North. Winter is just over and harvest season has set in. The festival is celebrated for four days. On, the first day, Bhogi, the old clothes and materials are thrown away and fired, marking the beginning of a new life. It is Pongal morning, young and old all have taken both in rivers lakes and even on wells in the villages. A happy day for children. They have news clothes. As the evening approaches, people meet to eat the rice together. The rice is distributed among the rich and the poor alike. A little tired they would go to bed dreaming of the festivities of the day.
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