Celebrating Pongal at home in Chennai - Pongal, harvest festival, celebrated widely in South India, to offer thanks to the Sun God & the elements for the bountiful harvest the last year & for blessings for the next year -
we are setting off the cooking of the sweet pongal & white rice in the bronze pot, decorated by fresh turmeric & chunam (lime) to the chorus of "pongalo pongal" - nostalgic festival times - of course, the rest of the day is filled with eating, watching TV & calling friends and relatives!!
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