Ponggal 08

Pongalooooo Pongal everyone !!!

Thai Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils to thank the rain, the sun and the farm animals that have helped in the harvest.
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.

The moment the rice boils over and bubbles out of the vessel, the tradition is to shout of "Ponggalo Ponggal!" ,a custom practiced during the festival to announce it was going to be a year blessed with good tidings. For Tamils, it is considered a good sign to watch it boil over, since it means that good luck and prosperity is forthcoming. Then the New boiled rice is offered to the Nature during sunrise, a gesture which symbolises thanks to the sun and nature for providing prosperity. It is later served to the people present in the house for the ceremony. People also prepare savories and sweets such as vadai, murrukku, payasam and visit each other and exchange greetings.


It was no different at the KANA'S household. We woke up early, got all the prayer items ready for the surya namashkar outside the house.

Mom was preparing the ponggal in our kitchen....in our cute little ponggal pot.Mom ,dad,sis,Gajan and moi...shouted pongalo pongal when the rice bubbled out of the pot....Unfortunaly, could not get a snap of this moment cause I did not realise that my battery kong !

Then , we did our prayers and offerings for suriya bhagwan.

Everyone is on leave today except ME......how sad!
* Kala akka and Hemma are celebrating ponggal in my elder sister's house.....so you will not find them in the pictures below. They will come over to my place for lunch, and tarsha is updating me with the menu of the day on MSN......SUCH A NUT !....

This is what he says
" Tarsharueben says:sambar, payasam and all the other stuff that you like and I am finishing "

Tarsharueben says:yummy food I am eating

Tarsharueben says:yum yum yum!!!

How evil....waaaaa....look at how kids torture their aunty nowadays....

Anyway , can't wait to go to the temple in the evening today. We are cooking ponggal there ....I will take lotsa pictures then.....


Till then..................HAPPY PONGGAL Once again !!!!!

* Manage to get a few shots after charging the batt for a few minutes...










Daddy doing the surya namashkar