Sakkarai Pongal

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I wish all members a Happy New Year and a Happy Pongal.

I understood Sriman Man's question about preparing pongal or sarkkaraip

pongal in our home during these days in margazhi. In our traditions, we

don't prepare sarkkaraip pongal but ksheerannam (of course it is

emphaiszed with paal ksheerannam although paal and ksheera are the

same!) on the day of koodaarai vellum during margazhi which I think is

to match with the "paarsORu....moodanei peithu muzhangai

vazhivaara......"

 

We prepare veNpongal on the day of maalE maNivaNNa not puLiyOdharai and

of course dhadhiyOnnam on karavaigaL pin senRu.

 

The question still would be why we make Pongal during margazhi month. My

humble submissions are:

1. To coincide with the Thai Pongal.

2. The rice prepared with the combination of pepper, jeera etc. is found

to be of medicinal value especially during cold days like margazhi days

when we get up early in the morning for nityaanNusanthaanam.

 

adiyEn madhrakavidhaasan

T.A.S.Vijayaraghavan

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