Pranamams to All, Shrivaishnavas in Karnataka celebrate Pongal as Makara Sankranthi, the Harvest festival. The previous day is celebrated as Bhogi Habba and the next day Kanu Habba(Festival). They exchange Ellu/Bella a mixture of Ground nuts and Jaggerry(vellam), including Sugar Cane with the Relatives and friends. They prepare Huggi (Pongal), and Sweet Pongal on that day. The next day they celebarte Kanu Habba. On this day Mother, Sisters and Sister-inlaws in the family are given gifts and small Dosas are prepared. Om Namo Narayanaya Sampige Srinivasa Iyengar Bangalore -----Original Message----- From: Srimathi Raghavan [mailto:shriragh@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:50 AM To: srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ramanujamission@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Prof.V N Srinivasan; oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ram Anbil; andavan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sridhar Aravamuthan Subject: [SriRangaSri] 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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