celebrating pongal in Tanjore Baani

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Dear all

 

Wish you a very very happy pongal.

 

I am a native of Tanjore and i just provide some information on how we celebrate

Boghi, Pongal and Kanupodi at our house.

 

BEFORE PONGAL BROTHER's SEND MONEY ORDER TO THEIR SISTER's WHO RESIDES AWAY FROM

THEIR HOUSE. IF THEIR SISTER's RESIDE NEAR TO THEM - ON THE DAY OF BOGHI they

will visit their houses with pongal seer (every year) (vetrilai pakku, karumbu,

vazhaipazham, manjal kothu, etc. with some amount according to their convenient)

 

On bhogi day - we clean the house and keep aside unwanted things to be given out

if anyone needs the same. Apart from regular sappadu, we prepare Paruppu Boli -

Venpongal - and Sweet Pongal with vadai - thirukkannanamuthu - appalam. After

thiruvaradhanam all family members eat together.

 

On Pongal: Preparation of Pongal Panai - 1. basically pongal shall be prepared

in a full pot that is if we require small amount of pongal the vengala panai

shall be to that extent. (i.e. 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 or 1 padi panai according to our

need). Wash the panai well. It has to be decorated with Thiruman Kaappu,

Manjal Kothu, Banana and Karumbu. Keep the panai on the gas stove (the stove

mela kolam podanum) water + milk 50% of each - add some yeLam Thengai Thuruval

and light the stove. arisiai alambi vadiya vidavum. konjam yeLam thengai

thuruvi vaithukoLLavum. Pall pongi varumbothu "Pongalo Pongal" endru koovi -

perumalai sevithu vittu - nalam anaithum ponganum endru vendikkondu, agnikku

athma samarpanamaga arisiyai samarpithu ... panaiyil idavendum. arisi nangu

kuzhaindhadhum - thevaiyana aLavu vellam serthu ... konjam Nei serthu irugum

varai kiLaravum ... padham aanavudan - medaiyil kolam pottu ... adhan mel irakki

vaithu ... pongaling meley Banana and Thulasi samarpithu matra

items udan perumaLukku Thaligai samarppikkanum.

 

Pongal andraikku , sweet pongaludan Vaazhaikkai kariyamudhu, anaithu kaai

kariGal serthu Aviyal, saatramudhu, thayir saatham thaan menu. Andraikku masa

pirappu tharpanam aanathal appalam, vadai (Choi endru sabtham ketkum

palagarangaL seivathillai) kidaiyathu. Iravu palagaram - idly or upma.

 

Maru naaL kannupodi: Pengal Piranthagathukku poi kannupodi vaikka vendum

(uLLuril irundhal) illavidil avar avargal irukkum idathil - udan pirantha

sagotharanin nalam vendi kannupidi vaikka vendum. avaravar veettil

Puliyodharai, sakkarai pongal, kanu saatham, venpongal, thayir saatham, appalam,

vadai, Pidi Karunai Kootu, Poosanikkai ThaLara Kuzhambu seithu pengal mudhalil

saappitta pinbu - aanGal saappida vendum. Periyavargalidam aasi vaanga vendum.

 

Veettu pirantha pengalukku - aangaL thangaLal iyandra gifts - cash or kind

tharavendum.

 

Andru iravu - maadu vaithiruppavargaL - maatuukku thaniyaga pongal vaithu poojai

seithu - padaikka vendum

 

Maru Nall - mattu pongal... mandhaikku maattai alangarithu azhaithu sendru podhu

poojai seithu - adhai magizhvithu veettukku azhaithu vara vendum.

 

Pongal pandigai indidhey mudinthu - inbam anaithum vazhanga vaazhthukiren.

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

Chitra

 

Lakshmi Narayanan <narasimhangv2003

Pongal pannai procedure

 

Dear all,

 

What's the exact procedure to keep ponga pannai,?

To make it clear,

 

like some people say you should not wash rice on

that day, also you should add milk in rice,

"thiruman" around ponga pannai, etc.?

 

I'm looking for some authentic information.

 

Srimathi Raghavan <shriragh

Pongal, Bhogi

 

 

Dear All,

This information is required for a friend I would like

to know as to what are the norms that people who hail

from Thanjavur observe on Bhogi, Pongal and Kannu pudi

days. Also like what food items they mke is there

anything special/different that they observe.

Regards,

Srimathi

 

 

Srimathi Raghavan [shriragh]

This information is required for a friend I would like

to know as to what are the norms that people who hail

from Thanjavur observe on Bhogi, Pongal and Kannu pudi

days. Also like what food items they mke is there

anything special/different that they observe.

Regards,

Srimathi