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Pongal 2021: Know the date, auspicious time, and how to celebrate this harvest festival
Chennai, Jan 10: Makara Sankranti is an important pan-Indian solar festival, known by different names though observed on the same date, sometimes for multiple dates around the Makar Sankranti.
It is known as Pedda Panduga in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Makara Sankranti in Karnataka and Maharashtra, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Magh Bihu in Assam, Magha Mela in parts of central and north India, as Makar Sankranti in the west, Maghara Valaku in Kerala, and by other names. In some parts of India it is believed that a demon was killed in that day.
Pongal 2021: All you need to know
It also marks the onset of the first month of the Tamil calendar. Pongal 2021 is also known as 'Makar Sankranti', which is also a harvest festival celebrated across India with gaiety and fervour.
The word 'Pongal' in Tamil Nadu reveals "to boil", therefore this auspicious day is dedicated to giving thanks to nature for her productivity. Other traditions of the celebration include drawing of Kolam, swinging & cooking of delicious Pongal.
When is Pongal 2021?
This year Pongal 2021 festivities will begin on 14th January 2021, Tuesday, and go on till four days till the 17th January 2020.
The festival is celebrated during the day time mostly.
Significance of Pongal:
Pongal signifies tribute to the Sun God for the bountiful harvest of crops. This the biggest harvesting festival marks the upward voyage of the sun into the Northern hemisphere. This harvesting festival is also associated with delicious food, that are famous in the Southern Indian states like Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Types of Pongal Festival
1.
Bhogi
Pongal:
It
is
the
first
day
of
the
main
Pongal
festivity
and
in
2021,
it
will
fall
on
Thursday,
14
January.
2.
Thai
Pongal:
It
would
be
observed
on
Friday,
15
January
in
2021,
and
is
the
second
day
of
the
Pongal
festival.
3.
Mattu
Pongal:
On
Saturday,
16
January
2021,
Mattu
Pongal
is
celebrated.
4.
Kaanum
Pongal:
The
last
and
the
fourth
day
is
commemorated
on
Sunday,
17
January
in
2021.
Wish you a happy and prosperous Pongal 2021!
