Happy Pongal , LOHRI And Makar Sankranti.

Hi gals,

A very happy Pongal , Lohri And Makar Sankranti to all my friends in IF.

Pongal is a harvest festival equivalent to a thanksgiving event celebrated by Tamils across the world. Pongal in Tamil means "boiling over or spill over." The act of boiling over of milk in the clay pot is considered to denote future prosperity for the family.

From 2009AD, Pongal is celebrated as 'Tamil New Year'

Pongal is a popular rice based South Indian dish.

There are two varieties of pongal, namely, sakarai pongal (sweet pongal), khara pongal (spicy pongal), also called ven pongal in Tamil Nadu and Huggi in Karnataka. The rice boiled with milk and jaggery during the Pongal festival is also called Pongal.

Makar Sankranti

is one of the most auspicious day for the Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all parts of the country in myriad cultural forms, with great devotion, fervor & gaiety. Lakhs of people take a dip in places like Ganga Sagar & Prayag and pray to Lord Sun.

In Bengal;Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the last day of the Bengali month of Poush. In Bengal, this day is one of the most auspicious time of the year .E

very year a very big Mela is held at Ganga Sagar where the river Ganga is believed to have dived into the nether region and vivified the ashes of the sixty thousand ancestors of King Bhagirath. This mela is attended by a large number of pilgrims from all over the country.

A bengali sweet (Pati Shapt)

And pooli pitha

Kite flying has been associated with this festival in a big way.

HAPPY VAISAKHI TO ALL IN THE FORUM🤗🤗🤗.........Thank u so much Lize for the info this was really very nice of u🤗🤗

same to all of u guys🤗

thanks a lot
so sweeeeeeeeeet of u
hearty wishes to all if members

Hey Lizzy thanks a lot for the wishes and also for the information, and also want to inform u all that here in tamil nadu we will celebrate pongal for 4 days i.e before pongal we will be having bhogi same like Lohri

@angel's life ........sweetie some time i do miss SBS.......so i have told the forum to update............but i think no1 is interested.

Originally posted by: kalai.shiv

Hey Lizzy thanks a lot for the wishes and also for the information, and also want to inform u all that here in tamil nadu we will celebrate pongal for 4 days i.e before pongal we will be having bhogi same like Lohri

1st day of Thai masam is celebrated as pongal, it nothing like thanksgiving day to all the farmers and to Sun,

2nd day will be mattu pongal, this day is special for the cattle and all the cow in the house will be decorated and special pooja will be done on that day

3rd day it get together day or a family day, were all the family members will go out and spent the entire day with full of masti

I WISH ALL THE MICHIANS A HAPPY PONGAL

Thanks a lot Kalai.............😃 for this imformation. A many happy wishes of the festival.

Thank You Lizze I learnt a lot through your posts.... Happy Lohri, Pongal and Maka Sakranti to all ppl here.

Wish everyone a happy pongal, lohri and Magar Sankranti. Thanks for the post Lizzy.

Happy Lohri, Pongal and Maka Sakranti to all!! Thanks for the post Lizzy!