Vaikundarajan Wishes Everyone A Happy Pongal!

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Vaikundarajan Wishes Everyone A Happy Pongal!
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Vaikundrajan wishes everyone a harvest of
happiness and prosperity on Pongal.
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• The harvest festival of Pongal symbolizes the
  veneration of the first fruit
• During this time, crops are harvested only
  during a particular time of the year
• Pongal was originally a festival for the farming
  community, but today the festival is celebrated
  by all

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• The festival is celebrated for four days, says
  Vaikundarjan
• On the first day, old clothes and materials are
  thrown away to symbolise the beginning of a new
  life

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• The next day, Pongal is celebrated by boiling
  fresh milk allowing it to boil over the vessel
• On this day, people visit their friends and
  family with sweets and exchange greetings

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• On the third day, people offer thanks to the
  cows and buffaloes, as they are used to plough
  the lands
• On the final day people go out to picnic

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About Pongal

• Pongal is celebrated every year on 14th January
  and is the only Hindu festival that follows a
  solar calendar, believes Vaikundarajan
• The festival has great astronomical
  significance
• Pongal marks the beginning of Uttarayana
  (considered auspicious for Hindus), the Sun's
  movement is northward for a six month period

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