Pongal is a Tamil harvest festival, celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. Our life, amidst all the innovations of technology and inventions, we still revolve around the nature and its pace by all means. What we do against nature may fetch you some kind of happiness for a while but it is just a temporary thing that could be vanished so easily right? Switching to organics in agriculture is the best instance for this. I personally love this thanksgiving festival to nature. Using earthen pots and utensils, something ancient or traditional, is a wonderful way to live with nature and it is the most beautiful and healthy way that brings you assured happiness. This festival is a traditional one, also celebrated to honor and thank the farmers during this harvest season.
I cooked Sweet Pongal (Sweetened boiled rice) in my house and offered it to the Sun God and thanked him for helping farmers in the agricultural process and feeding us. But today most of us, including me, cook pongal in the cooker or oven to celebrate this festival, instead of cooking it naturally outside during sunrise. Though the way of celebration is changing, still I could find the spirit of the festival is everywhere. Night before the day of Pongal, I could see, all women gathered outside and were embellishing their houses with beautiful Kolams and decorating their houses, hanging mango leaves as garland at the entrance and tying turmeric plants at doors.
My heartiest wishes to everyone and their family for a great year of Happiness, Peace and Prosperity.
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