Pongal the Great Harvest Festival of India

Pongal, the most celebrated harvest festival of the country which is is celebrated to thank Almighty God for the good crop harvest during the year. 

On the occasion of Pongal, people wipe away all the evil experience of the past year by burning their old goods and looking forward for a new beginning for the coming year.

Pongal 2012 is going to be quite important because of the transit in which Sun enters Capricorn on 15th -jan. This transit is an opportunity to change the old ways and reallocate the rules for coming year. It is a mythological believes than on the occasion of Pongal even Indra, the king of heaven, rejoices with abundance, fun, luxury and happiness.

The dates of Pongal Celebrations

January 14th – Bogi Festival: On the morning of 14th January, before the transit, is a time to clean homes and mind. Spiritually this means an overhaul of your current self and getting ready for a higher self.

January 15th – Pongal: Sun Enters Capricorn and winter comes to an end.

January 16th – Mattu Pongal/Cow Pongal: Pongal usually being the Harvest Festival of India is traditionally a time to celebrate the harvest and share the yield. People, cows, ants and crows are all well fed and their part in the big eco wheel is acknowledged.

January 17th – Kaanum Pongal: A time to gather along with family and rejuvenate .