🎯 Purpose — ఉద్దేశ్యం
Pongal — Tamil 4-day harvest festival; sun-thanks tradition.
పాఠం— Lesson
Pongal (పొంగల్)
— Tamil New Year + harvest; 4-day Jan 14-17; Tamil-equivalent Sankranti. (1) Bhogi Pongal Jan 14 — burn old. (2) Surya Pongal Jan 15 main day; rice-milk-jaggery boiled overflow "Pongalo Pongal!" symbolic prosperity; Sun god Surya thanks. (3) Mattu Pongal Jan 16 cattle worship; Jallikattu bull-taming Tamil Nadu controversial revived 2017. (4) Kaanum Pongal Jan 17 family-relatives day. Foods: Sweet Pongal (rice-jaggery-ghee-cardamom-cashew); Ven Pongal savory; Vada-Sambar. Kolam (rangoli) rice-flour doorstep. Festival = Tamil identity like Sankranti for Telugu. 2026 Pongal Jan 14-17. Tamil Diaspora Singapore-Malaysia-Sri Lanka-Mauritius-USA all celebrate. Telugu connection: AP-TS border districts overlap; Sankranti same dates parallel celebration.
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1 visual4-Day Pongal
Day 1 Bhogi — burn old Jan 14
Day 2 Surya Pongal — Sun thanks main Jan 15
Day 3 Mattu Pongal — cattle Jan 16
Day 4 Kaanum Pongal — family Jan 17
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Quotes & sayings— మాటలు, పద్యాలు, సూక్తులు
Pongalo Pongal! Prosperity overflows.
—Pongal call.
🙏 Dedication
Surya Bhagavan; Tamil Nadu Tourism; ప్రతి Tamil family worldwide — ఈ పాఠం అంకితం. **పొంగలో పొంగల్!**