Pongal is a highly revered festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu to mark the harvesting season.
Pongal is celebrated in the month of January after the winter solstice. The date of Pongal
usually remains same as it is reckoned according to the solar calendar that is more accurate than the lunar calendar.
Pongal is the first festival which comes beginning of every new year.
As the dates for this festival are calculated by the solar calendar,
the dates of January 13-16 never change. Each day of this festival has a special significance,
however, it is celebrated more grandly in the villages, while the city folk mainly celebrate on the second day only.The festival of Pongal is held dear particularly by the farming community as it marks the end of harvesting season. |
