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
From: Lakshmi Narayanan <narasimhangv2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 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.
From: Srimathi Raghavan <shriragh@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 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
From: Srimathi Raghavan [mailto:shriragh@xxxxxxxxx]
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
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