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Dear Swamins
                      Very good article indeed!  Our Rishis Sastras etc are 
giving due  importance to both Ayanam. When all brahmothsavams ,  
Vasanthothsavams,in all temples irrespective of vaishnavisam, saivisam,  are 
celebrated from THAI  to AANI in Uththarayana, mostly pithru  vanthanams are 
done in in Dakshinayana. Pl read my books Chinna Chinna  Vizhayangal Part I  
and II. From Karthigai month it is ushathkalam  to Devas. Pl refer Karthigai 
deepam followed by Kaisika Ekadasi,  Vaikunda ekadasi , AArdhra Darshan etc & 
then follwed by Uthsavams  in all temples
               Magara Sankaranthi is important to us and because we are in 
Tamil nadu  We refer it as Pongal
             We are  giving somuch importance to tamil language; it is quite 
O.K. but we  should learn sanskrit , sanskrit also, learn Vedas atleast pancha  
sookthams, and one sakhai from Veda
  With this in mind  Srikainkarya encourages Vedaprayanams Vedic pundits in a 
small way  with it's meagre resources
  Dasan
  Srikainkarya
  Soundararajan
  
  P.S.
  Mahamandap Kainkaryam is progressing well with the spanteneous help from all 
of you and also the printing of Sovenier 

gopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:          SrI:
  
  Dear Members :
  
  Sriman Kidambi Narayanan shared some thoughts on Pongal Festival and
  its significance . It is my pleasure to share them with you with his 
permission .
  
  Have a wonderful Pongal celebration ,
  V.Sadagopan
  
  
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  Dear Readers,
  
   I am writing as to what i know about pongal festival. It would nice if 
  some one could enlighten more on this tradition festival and its 
  importance in our sampradayams.
  
   Pongal is the only festival of Hindu that follows a solar calendar and 
  is celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year.Pongal has 
  astronomical significance: it marks the beginning of Uttarayana, the 
  Sun's movement northward for a six month period. In Hinduism, ttarayana 
  is considered auspicious, as opposed to Dakshinaayana, or th southern 
  movement of the sun. All-important events are scheduled durig this 
  period. Makara Sankranthi refers to the event of the Sun enteing the 
  zodiac sign of Makara or Capricorn.> In Hindu temples bells, drums, clarinets 
and 
  conch shells  herald the joyous occasion of Pongal. To symbolize a bountiful 
harvest, 
  rice is cooked in new pots until they boil over. Some of the rituals 
  performed in the temple include the preparation of rice, the chanting of 
  prayers and the offering of vegetables, sugar cane and spices to the 
  gods. Devotees then consume the offerings to exonerate themselves of past
   sins.
  
   Thai Pongal is an occasion for family re-unions and get-together. Old 
  enmities, personal animosities and rivalries are forgotten. Estrangements 
  are healed and reconciliation effected. Indeed, Thai Pongal is a festival 
  of freedom, peace, Unity and compassion crystallized in the last hymn on 
  unity in the Indian spiritual text the Rig Veda. Thus, love and peace are 
  the central theme of Thai Pongal.
   Pongal signals the end of the traditional farming season, 
  giving farmers a break from their monotonous routine. Farmers also perform 
  puja to some crops, signaling the end of the traditional farming season. 
  It also sets the pace for a series of festivals to follow in a calendar 
  year. In fact, four festivals are celebrated in Tamil Nadu for four 
  consecutive days in that week. 'Bogi' is celebrated on January 13, 
  'Pongal' on Jan 14, 'Maattuppongal' on Jan 15, and 'Thiruvalluvar Day' on 
  Jan 16. The festival is celebrated for four days. On, the first day, 
  Bhogi, the old clothes and materials are thrown away and fired, marking 
  the beginning of a new life. The second day, the Pongal day, is 
  celebrated by boiling fresh milk early in the morning and allowing it to 
  boil over the vessel - a tradition that is the literal translation for 
  Pongal. People also prepare savories and sweets, visit each other's 
  homes, and exchange greetings. The third day, Mattu Pongal, is
   meant to offer thanks to the cows and buffaloes, as they are used to 
  plough the lands. On the last day, Kanum Pongal, people go out to picnic.
   A festival called Jalli katthu is held in Madurai, Tiruchirapalli 
  and Tanjavur,all in TamilNadu, on this day. Bundles of money are tied to 
  the horns of Pongal ferocious bulls which the villagers try to retrieve. 
  Everyone joins in the community meal, at which the food is made of the 
  freshly harvested grain. This day is named and celebrated as Tamiliar 
  Thirunal in a fitting manner through out Tamil Nadu.
  Thus, the harvest festival of Pongal symbolizes the veneration 
  of the first fruit. The crop is harvested only after a certain time of the 
  year, and cutting the crop before that time is strictly prohibited. Even 
  though Pongal was originally a festival for the farming community, today 
  it is celebrated by all. In south India, all three days of Pongal are 
  considered important. However, those south Indians who have settled in 
  the north usually celebrate only the second day. Coinciding with Makara 
  Sankranti and Lohri of the north, it is also called Pongal Sankranti.
  
  
  
  
   
  Best Wishes,
  Kidambi Narayanan, Tokyo , Japan
  
  
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