Question
Download Solution PDFWhich festival has the meaning 'to boil' or 'boiling' in its name?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Pongal.
Key Points
- The festival with the meaning 'to boil' or 'boiling' in its name is Pongal.
- Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
- The festival is named after the dish 'Pongal', which is made by boiling rice and lentils together with milk and jaggery.
- Pongal is celebrated for four days and is a time for thanksgiving to the sun god for a bountiful harvest.
Additional Information
- Onam is a harvest festival celebrated in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
- Vamana and the magnanimous daitya ruler Mahabali are remembered on Onam.
- Raja is a festival celebrated in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
- The festival's second day marks the start of the solar month of Mithuna, which is when the rainy season begins.
- Bihu is a festival celebrated in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
- Every Bihu falls on a unique day in the agricultural calendar.
- The Bohag Bihu heralds the beginning of the seeding season, the Kati Bihu the end of the paddies' sowing and transplanting, and the Magh Bihu the conclusion of the harvesting season.
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