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Pongal

Puja Performed During Pongal Festival, Guntur

Traditional Offerings Served During Pongal Celebrations

Pongal - One of the Famous Festival Celebrated in Guntur

Pongal - Must Prepare Sweet Dish During Pongal Festival

Pongal

Guntur Andhra Pradesh

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Tags : Fairs & Festivals

Timings : January

Time Required : 4 Days

Celebrated During : January

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Pongal, Guntur Overview

Mid-January is considered as an auspicious time to celebrate the Pongal festival. The harvest festival, Pongal, typically falls on the 14th or the 15th of January. Guntur has a lavish celebration of Pongal that anybody interested in observing local cultures should not miss.

Pongal festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu for about 4 days, most prominently in the southern state of India. Pongal is one of the most significant Hindu festivals of the year for Tamilians. The significance of this four-day festival is to seek blessings and be grateful to God.

Pongal is derived from the Tamil word "to boil" and is held in the month of January during the period when rice, cereals and other staples in Tamilian cooking are harvested. Pongal roughly coincides with Sankranti, which is celebrated as the harvest festival throughout the rest of India.

Celebration of Harvesting

Rice Cooking is considered as auspicious during this time as rice is one of the primary food items in the Tamil culture. The harvest of rice and cooking of various rice delicacies like puttu, pongal, etc. are the highlights of the festival.