Pongal 2026: Your Essential Guide to Dos and Don'ts for the Harvest Festival
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Firstpost•13-01-2026, 16:53
Pongal 2026: Your Essential Guide to Dos and Don'ts for the Harvest Festival
- •Pongal 2026 will be celebrated in mid-January over four days, marking a fresh harvest and symbolic reset.
- •The festival, rooted in Tamil agrarian life, coincides with the Tamil month of Thai and the sun's northward movement.
- •Pongal signifies abundance, named after the overflowing of rice, milk, and jaggery during cooking.
- •Key days include Bhogi Pongal (cleaning), Thai Pongal (main cooking and offering), Mattu Pongal (honoring cattle), and Kaanum Pongal (social visits).
- •Dos include cleaning, cooking Pongal, dressing appropriately, observing local customs, and acknowledging agricultural labor; Don'ts include reducing it to a food trend, wasting food, and assuming uniformity in practices.
Why It Matters: Pongal 2026 is a four-day harvest festival celebrating land, labor, and livestock with specific rituals and customs.
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