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Here are some recipes for the occassion
of Pongal. Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil
Nadu.
Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu. The
enthusiasm and the zeal of Tamilians comes alive during the four
day festival. Pongal literally means "boiling over".
This festival is the biggest event of the year for the Tamilians.
The four day festival consists of Bhogi-Pongal, Surya-Pongal, Mattu-Pongal
and Kanyapongal. On the first day which is called the Bhogi Pongal
the day begins with a til (sesame) oil bath. In the evening a huge
bonfire of old clothes, files, mats and rugs is made. The day is
devoted to the Rain god, Indran (Bhogi). Legends say that on this
day that Krishna lifted the Gobardhan mountains on his little finger.
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