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	Pongal Festival,Pongal in India,Festival of Pongal,Pongal India,Pongal Festival 2008
		Pongal is a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India.
		The harvest festival, Pongal, falls typically on the 14th or the 15th of January and is the quintessential 'Tamil Festival'.
		Pongal is a harvest festival, a traditional occasion for giving thanks to nature, for celebrating the life cycles that give us grain.
	www.pongalfestival.org /pongal-festival.html (786 words)

	Bawarchi: Indian Festivals: Pongal
		This festival of Pongal falls in the month of January after the winter solistice and as such this Pongal festival marks the favourable course of the Sun.
		To the village people cow, the giver of milk and the bull which draws the plough in the fields are very valuable and therefore the farmers honour their dumb friends by celebrating it as a day of thanks-giving to them.
		Pongal is a festival when god is praised with a simple faith and sincerity.
	www.bawarchi.com /festivals/pongal.html (1390 words)

	Pongal Festival in India - Pongal Celebration India - Pongal Festival 2006 - Pongal in Tamil Nadu
		Pongal is celebrated as a harvest festival of Tamil Nadu.
		Pongal is regarded as a harvest festival of South India.
		The festival of Pongal is held dear particularly by the farming community as it marks the end of harvesting season.
	www.festivalsinindia.net /pongal/index.html (387 words)

	Pongal
		Pongal (பொங்கல் in Tamil) is a harvest and a thanksgiving festival.
		Pongal is also known as Tamizhar Thirunal or The Festival of Tamils.
		The second day, the Pongal day, is celebrated by boiling fresh milk early in the morning and allowing it to boil over the vessel - a tradition that is the literal translation for Pongal (in Tamil).
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/po/pongal.html (354 words)

	Pongal- Makara Sankranti (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To the village people cow, the giver of milk and the bull which draws the plough in the fields are very valuable and therefore the farmers honour their dumb friends by celebrating it as a day of thanks-giving to them.
		Pongal is the first hindu festival of the year and is, easily, the most important one for all farmers.
		This SARKKARAI PONGAL is traditionally cooked under the Sun in a courtyard and served directly from the pot.
	www.mypandit.com /mypandit/user/pongal1.jsp (736 words)

	Pongal Festival, Festival of Tamilnadu, Tamil Nadu Festival Tour, Pongal, Tamil Nadu Festival, Happy Pongal
		Pongal is an important festival of Tamil Nadu, which is celebrated to mark the withdrawal of the Southeast monsoons as well as the reaping of the harvest.
		Pongal is associated with cleaning and burning of rubbish, symbolizing the destruction of evil.
		Pongal, once ready, is offered to God first, on a new banana leaf along with other traditional delicacies like Vadas, Payasam, etc. Besides this, sugarcane, grain, sweet potatoes, etc are also offered to the Sun God.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /tamil-nadu/festivals/pongal.html (1014 words)

	Pongal
		Pongal is the first festival beginning off each new year in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
		The second day of the festival, Surya Pongal, is the day on which the celebrations actually begins, is the first day of the Tamil month Thai.
		The rice is cooked and prepared as a dish called Pongal, which is rice with dhal and sugar.
	members.tripod.com /~jap5/hindufestivals/pongal.html (776 words)

	Thai Pongal
		Traditionally, the kolam is laid in the front or side of the house, but in cold climes where cooking indoors with firewood is hazardous, the pongal can be prepared in kitchen and brought to the location where kolam is set up (which could be indoors, like your Sun-room!).
		Pongal refers to rice cooked in milk and sweetened with brown sugar (chakkarai, from which the English word jaggery is derived).
		Pongal Paanai (clay-pot) is decorated around its neck with mango leaves.
	www.sangam.org /CULTURE/pongal.htm (510 words)

	MANTRA ON NET: Pongal
		Although the spirit of Pongal can be experience mainly in the rural areas of the state of Tamilnadu, the cit) of Chennai successfully captures it in the crowded bazars and way side markets where the seasonal sugarcane and colourful mud pots hail the festival time.
		Pongal also known as Makar Sankranti in the middle of January, which marks the beginning of the northerly journey of the sun, is an occasion for universal rejoicing in India.
		Next day on the Surya Pongal, newly harvested rice is cooked and offered to the Sun god amidst jubilant chanting of "Pall Pongi Achaa?" (Did the milk boil?) "Pall Pongitru" (Yes, it did.) referring to the thick porridge of new rice and milk which is offered to the Sun.
	www.mantraonnet.com /pongal.html (420 words)

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		Pongal Festival, or the thanksgiving harvest festival is undoubtedly the most auspicious festival of Tamil Nadu, a south Indian state.
		Though he was blessed with the boon of being the sole arbiter of his own time of death and inspite of being in terrible pain, he waited for the period of uttarayan to breathe his last.
		So Pongal is the time when the farmers rejoice in the fruits of their labour and nobody grudges them a few days of rest and recreation.
	www.indiasite.com /festivals/pongal.html (1613 words)

	indiayogi.com - Festivals - Pongal - Reaping the Harvest - Makara sankranti, January, Harvest, Indra, Bhishma, Banana ...
		Pongal must be the only festival in the Indian calendar that derives its name from a dish of sweet rice.
		On the first day Pongal is offered to Bhogi or Indran, the rain god, on the second to Surya, the sun god and on the third day to the Mattu or cattle.
		Pongal is aimed at instilling these virtues in each one of us so that we may enjoy the blessings of the Supreme Being.
	www.indiayogi.com /content/festivals/pongal.asp (1067 words)

	On Pongal, pall of gloom in Nagapattinam
		But for thousands of tsunami survivors in the coastal district of Nagapattinam, the harvest festival is nothing but mourning for their dead kith and kin, long queues for food in relief camps and anxiety about their future.
		Bleaching powder, sprinkled to prevent outbreak of diseases in the area, adorns the entrance to fishermen's houses instead of the traditional 'kolam' (rangoli).
		Distributing 'pongal' (prepared with newly harvested rice, jaggery and milk), new clothes, toys and other essential items, they spent an hour with the 40 orphans presently housed in the orphanage.
	in.rediff.com /news/2005/jan/14pongal1.htm (453 words)

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		Pongal, Pongal Festival, Pongal In India, Harvest Festival Of Pongal, Pongal Hindu Festival, Festival Of Pongal.
		The spirit of Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, is giving thanks to God for a bountiful harvest as people prepare a special dish called 'Sarkkarai Pongal' and pray for the blessings of the Sun God.
		Pongal also marks the beginning of a New Year and is the day to praise and thank God with full devotion and faith and sincerity of heart.
	festivals.iloveindia.com /pongal/index.html (238 words)

	Festivals - Pongal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pongal in the South and Sankranti in the North are celebrated to mark the withdrawal of the southeast monsoons as well as the reaping of the harvest.
		Like Deepawali in the north, the advent of Pongal is associated with spring-cleaning and burning of junk, symbolizing the destruction of evil.
		Decorative designs or rangolis are traced on floors and on the day of the Pongal, the newly harvested rice is cooked in homes to acclaim the bounty of the gods.
	library.thinkquest.org /11372/data/pongal.htm (90 words)

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		On the day of Pongal, fresh milk is poured into this vessel and kept on the fire in the open fields with the pot facing east.
		Pongal is an important village festival bringing together folk from surrounding and neighbouring villages.
		Songs that indicate the marriage of heaven and the earth, the sky and the soil are sung.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003011100050100.htm&date=2003/01/11/&prd=yw& (576 words)

	carnatic.com > Karmasaya > Pongal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pongal is the festival during which the landlord distributes food, clothes and money among the labourers who work for him.
		This is the keynote of the Pongal festival.
		This is the significance of Pongal in the life of the spiritual aspirant.
	www.carnatic.com /karmasaya/index.php?Pongal (1546 words)

	Pongal \| Makara Sankaranthi \| Festival
		As pongal is celebrated in Tamil nadu, the same harvest festival is celebrated in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, as Sankranthi.In northern India, it is called Makar Sankaranti.
		The first day of the pongal is known as Bhogi festival.People on bhogi throw their old belongings to fire god to mark the beginning of the new season.Women decorates the house entrance with beautiful Kolam(rangoli).
		Mattu Pongal :The third day of Pongal is dedicated to cattle and is called Mattu Pongal.On Maatu Pongal day, the farmers honour their cattles by celebrating it as a day of thanks-giving to them.Cattle are bathed,horns polished and painted in different colours, and garlands of flowers are placed around their necks.
	www.astrouniverse.com /homam/pongal.php (650 words)

	Pongal,Pongal Festival,Pongal Celebration,Harvest Festival Pongal India
		Pongal festival is the first festival beginning off each new year in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
		Kanu Pongal, which falls on the same day as Maatu Pongal, is celebrated by sisters for the welfare of their brothers.
		Pongal or Harvest festival of Tamilnadu is reminiscent of Raksha Bandhan and Bhai Dooj of North India.
	www.surfindia.com /festivals/pongal.html (570 words)

	Pongal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pongal is undoubtedly the most important festival celebrated by Tamilians.
		Pongal represents a kind of thanks giving for the plentiful paddy crop that the farmer has harvested during the mild winter months in the south of India.
		The cooked rice the liquid boil and soon flow out from the vessel symbolizing the over flowing fields, known as ‘Pongothal’ (this may have become Pongal in the course of time as the case may have become Pongal in the course of time as the term means to over flow).
	www.aptimes.com /festivals/Pongal.html (646 words)

	travelsrilanka - Thai Pongal: Honouring the Sun God - Sri Lanka
		Thai Pongal is a festival in which devotees offer gratitude to the sun deity for the prosperity and success bestowed on mortals.
		It is customary to send trays of pongal with fruits and sweetmeats to relatives, particularly to houses where this ceremony is not conducted.
		The pongal is fed to the animals as a form of thanks for services rendered throughout the year.
	www.travelsrilanka.com /index.cfm?PAGE=1122 (1033 words)

	Pongal - The harvest festival of Tamil Nadu / India
		Pongal - The harvest festival of Tamil Nadu / India
		Pongal is a harvest festival - the Tamil equivalent of Thanksgiving.
		Since this is a geophysical event, the first day of Pongal almost always falls on January 14th (as opposed to many Indian celebrations which arbitrarily skip around the calendar and seem to Westerners to be held at the whim of the gods).
	suite101.com /article.cfm/hinduism/28717 (473 words)

	Pongal
		Pongal is one of the most traditional festivals of South India.
		The Bhogi Pongal is dedicated to the deity for clouds and rains, Lord Indra.
		With the rice thus cooked, a special dish called Sarkarai Pongal is made with the addition of jaggery which is then offered to the Lord as a thanksgiving for the plentiful harvest of the season.
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	Pongal > Festivals > EPrarthana.com
		The place for cooking the Pongal is sanctified, this three-day harvest festival is celebrated every year in Magha, from the 13th to the 15th of January.
		Then follows Pongal Panai, a ritual in which the new earthenware pots are painted and decorated with turmeric, flowers and mango leaves.
		On this leaf are placed at four corners, the leftovers of sweet pongal and the salty pongal called Vand Pongal, ordinary rice as well as colored red and yellow, five betel leaves, two betel nuts, two pieces of sugarcane, turmeric leaves, and two or three ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) fruit.
	www.eprarthana.com /festivals/fpongal.asp (1339 words)

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		Pongal is an important festival in India, with prayers to the Sun God on this occasion.
		Pongal is one of such highly revered festivals celebrated in Tamil Nadu to mark the harvesting of crops by farmers.
		The spirit of Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, is celebrated on January 14th every year coinciding with Makar Sankranti in the North, Lohri in Punjab, Bhogali Bihu in Assam and Bhogi of Andhra Pradesh.
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