The Bogi festival may have originated from the practice of burning fire and drying in the bitter cold of Margazhi. It was the way of the day to protect the grain from the wild animals by lighting the camp fire on harvest days.
First let’s see the information about Pongal festival.
Pongal Thirunal is a proof that Tamils accepted humanity before Tamils accepted religion.
The evidence is that Pongal is still a harvest festival of thanksgiving that is celebrated by everyone even though it is not associated with religion.
There is historical evidence of the existence of Pongal from the Sangam period to the 200th century BC.
Thai Pongal is about giving thanks and worshiping all those who help us grow paddy.
Pongal is about harvesting the newly grown paddy and turning it into rice to give thanks to the nature deity, the sun, and cows for all their help.
This festival is celebrated as a four day festival.
Other highlights of Pongal festival
Thain Neeradal Pongal is known as Mudadhai Festival. River water and pond water are warm at dawn in the month of Tai during the Sangka period. Cool in the evening. Sangam women enjoyed bathing in this warm water in the morning. The literature refers to it as Taineeradal (Thai water is rich in water. Here the word tanmai means warm).
AD In the Tirupavai composed by Andal in the eighth century and in the Tiruvempavai by Manika Vasaka, he mentions Margazhi/Thai Neeradal)
Now let’s look at the way Pongal is celebrated and see that festivals like Pongal are not celebrated anywhere else.
Pongal — Harvest festival celebrated on 13th, 14th, 15th as Pongal in Tamilnadu and Sri Lanka and as Mahasankaranti in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It is also celebrated in Malaysia, Singapore, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, USA, England, France, Germany, Italy, Myanmar, Indonesia, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia and UAE, where Tamils live the most.
Bhogi festival in honor of Indra.
Pongal Thirunal begins with the festival of Bogi. Indra has a name called “Bhogi”. Varuna is the rain god. Indra is his king.
Crops thrive only when it rains! Life will live! Therefore, in the ancient days, it was customary to worship Indra, the ruler of Varuna, as “Bhogi“. Now, the Bhogi festival is celebrated as “the passing away of the old and the coming in of the new”.
Before sunrise on the Bogi festival, before the sunrise, household waste such as old brooms, which are not needed, are set on fire in front of the door. It is a myth that this will remove the misery in the house. Then put a beautiful kolam on the door of the house.
Shastra tells us that Pitrus come to our house on Bogi day. So prepare their favorite food and worship them with Deepa Aradhana with coconut betel nut, betel nut, and banana fruit.
Before Pongal, the house is whitewashed and cleaned. At that time, they would put unnecessary old things aside. It is customary to burn those old things on fire. Then the children beat a small drum and cheer.
Pongal Thirunal is special
At the time of harvest, the tiller is first transferred to the tenant and then to the government. Isn’t Katiravan the reason for the good yield, he also needs to be blessed? Money will flow only after the harvest. Buy a pot from the potters, put rice in it, and put the pot towards Kathiravan, put a bunch of turmeric and ginger in the pot, hold the pilliyar in the dung, plant sugarcane, pour cow’s milk in the pot and shout “Pongalo Pongal” and then add rice, jaggery,
Pongal is a festival of offering thanks to Kathiravan by offering auctions, sugar cane, ghee, cashews, and grapes and it bursts again, bursting with happiness. This is not an event celebrated only by Tamils. It is a great festival celebrated by the entire South Asian continent.
On that day sugar Pongal, white Pongal, traditional vegetables, and tubers of Tamils are cooked and served. Pongal Thirunal is a day to worship the sun god who is the reason for the functioning of the world.
Mattu Pongal Thirunal is special
A day to give thanks to the plowman’s friend, the hardworking cow. Shouldn’t we give thanks to the cow that plows the air boot, pulls the cart, threshes, and carries the sheaves of paddy? Until the harvest comes, the money from the sale of cow’s milk will cover household expenses. Matuppongal is the Nanna who worships as a god to that animal that we have to live, feed and enrich.
On this day, the cow is bathed, turmeric and saffron are applied, the horns are painted, a ribbon is tied, a garland is tied around the neck, a new rope is changed and the cow is decorated and worshiped with Pongal.
Kaanum Pongal Thirunal is special
During the events of this festival, relatives, relatives, friends, and elders are blessed and share their love and food. That is seniors who are old enough to be at home fall on their feet and receive blessings.
In addition to imparting our culture to our descendants, it is also imparting good manners and culture such as seeking blessings from elders.
There will be various programs including various sports competitions, battimanram, URI hitting, bald tree climbing, etc. Virgin girls go out of their homes and buy gummi kottu, rice and jaggery and hold Pongal in the village temple.
The village will gather and hold competitions. The purpose of today is for everyone to come together and be happy. Thanks for reading please comment box your suggestions for motivated…
Tait Thirunalam First Day Tamils Thirunalam Tait Pongal thirunal is an auspicious day that instills happiness in all our hearts.
In water-rich places, farming is usually done three times a year, but in less-water-rich places, it is customary to store water, sow the seeds collected in the month of Aadi, harvest them in March, and do farming only once a year. By doing so, our farmers will get the benefit of the harvest in the month of Thai
The struggle of a farmer till he sows a crop and harvests it is a great struggle. In order to support them in this way, during the harvesting period during the Sangam period, the women fast on the 1st day of Tai to pray for good rains and prosperity of the country.
These four Pongal festivals are celebrated with great fervour.