Mac under the Mango tree

My dear social friends, brothers and sisters :)... I trust everyone is doing well.   New year 2023 has started and it always brings little bit of energy to everyone. Let us keep this energy in all positive ways. Today (15-JAN), we celebrate PONGAL festival. It is an important festival in South India.  It is referred to harvest festival and is dedicated to the Sun GOD. I wrote a blog about this last year: https://blog.prabakarpaulsami.com/2022/01/happy-pongal-wishes-to-all.html In our farm, we have pumpkins, papaya, lemon and coconut now...   We give so much importance to this harvesting festival. However, the same importance has to be given to agriculture and farming.  Tamilnadu state government gives 4 to 5 days holidays to everyone. May be worth visiting any farms, spend time with farmers in these days. :)..  Let us be with nature and truly celebrate the natural festival. OK, My dear social friends, brothers and sisters.... See you all in the next one...

Hi Everyone -- I trust everyone is doing OK. My prayers are always there for everyone's well-being. Happy Pongal Wishes to all. In this article, I will share little about the importance and history of this festival.     Why Pongal Celebrations?  This festival honours the "Sun GOD" and commemorates the Sun's northward voyage . It also signifies the end of winter.   The festival is named after the ceremonial "Pongal", which means "to boil, overflow" and refers to the traditional dish (rice) prepared from the new harvest of rice boiled in milk with jaggery (raw sugar). To mark the festival, the pongal sweet dish is prepared, first offered to Sun God and goddesses. It is celebrated to THANK nature, farmers, cows, agriculture and GOD...... Food and cattle are a vital part of this celebration  Some more historical story: Why Cows? :) According to a legend, it all started when Shiva's bull, Basava, delivered a wrong message to humans. Instead of d