Pongal Greetings

Pongal Greetings,Pongal is here, an occasion that marks the joy and happiness, and makes everything better. May this great festival of the harvest, one that brings with it, everything is better and everything is so worthy. Have a happy and memorable experience Pongal.This Hindu festival of harvest three days of falls in the month of Magha, which corresponds to the solar equinox. Held in the south, is marked by cooking rice in the first harvest after the long and difficult winter.

Although the traditional calendar of India based on lunar positions, Sankranti is a solar event. Thus, while the dates of all Hindu festivals change according to Gregorian calendar date of Makar Sankranti is held constant for a long time, January 14. Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the Hindu calendar month Magha.Consequently, farmers are celebrating the honor of his friends in cattle as a day of grace for them.

This three-day festival of the harvest is celebrated each year on Magha, 13-15 January. "Pongal word" refers to a dish of sweet rice prepared on this occasion. The festival is widely celebrated in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The time of the feast of great importance for all Hindus, as it is compatible with the solar equinox when the days begin to lengthen and the nights begin to decrease.