What is the time of Attukal Pongala?
What is the time of Attukal Pongala?
10.50 am
Thiruvananthapuram: Attukal Pongala festival of 2022 will be held on Thursday. The pongala ceremony will start at 10.50 am and ‘Pongala Nivedyam’ will be held by 1.20 pm. The pongala ritual takes place on the penultimate day of the 10-day-long Attukal festival and is done by women.
Is today Attukal Pongala?
Attukal Pongala, one of the world’s largest all-women religious congregations, will be held on February 17. On account of the festival, it is a public holiday for all in the capital district.
Who owns Attukal temple?
19/1993. The Attukal Bhagavathi Temple Trust owns the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple and its properties.
Is Kannagi Attukal Devi?
Goddess ‘Attukal devi’, itself is the supreme mother ‘Bhaadrkali devi’, (in soumya aspect) the goddess of power and courage. She is often referred as Kannaki, the heroine of Ilanko Adikal’s ‘Silapathikaaram’. The temple is renowned for the annual Attukal Pongal festival, in which over three million women participate.
What is the time of Attukal Pongala 2022?
Attukal Pongala is being celebrated on February 18 this year. The puja can be performed between 4:10 pm on February 17 and 4:42 pm on February 18.
Is Attukal Pongala 2022 a holiday?
Attukal Pongala 2022 Will be celebrated on Thursday, February 17. The celebration date depends on the temple, and women predominantly commemorate the Pongal festival….Maharashtra Heatwave: 21 Traffic Signals in Nagpur To Stop Operation in Noon From 12 to 4 PM.
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Is Pongal and Pongala same?
Pongala is a harvest festival of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The name ‘Pongala’ means ‘to boil over’ and refers to the ritualistic offering of porridge made of rice, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. Generally women devotees participate in this ritual. Tamil people celebrate as Pongal.
Is Attukal Pongala holiday?
District administration declared a local holiday for the district on Thursday, in view of Pongala festival. This year’s Pongala will be held following all Covid protocols, just like last year’s, the temple trust authorities have said.
How many people are in Attukal Pongala?
The festival is marked as the largest annual gathering of women by the Guinness World Records. The ceremony was set up in Guinness Book of World Records on February 23, 1997, when 15 million women participated in Pongala….Attukal Pongala.
| Aatukaal Ponkala | |
|---|---|
| Type | Religious, cultural |
| Date | per Hindu calendar |
| Frequency | Annual |
What is the significance of Pongala?
Who is Goddess Bhadrakali?
Bhadrakālī (literally “protector Kaali”) is a Hindu goddess popular in Southern India, especially in Kerala. She is one of the fierce forms of the Great Goddess Shakti or Adi Parashakti (also called Durga, Devi, Mahadevi, or Mahamaya) mentioned in the Devi Mahatmyam.
What is Pongala in Kerala?
Pongala, which means ‘to boil over’, is the ritual in which women prepare sweet payasam (a pudding made from rice, jaggery, coconut and plantains cooked together) and offer it to the Goddess or ‘Bhagavathy’.
