14 / January / 2023
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Aachi Thatha, tell me about pongal | Story by Aaryan, 11, Bangalore
Pongal – a festival I love the most– you know why??? Because I love eating yummy pongal 🙂 This year we celebrated pongal by waking up early in the morning, getting ready and preparing pongal on the stove. When we saw the pongal coming out of the stove right side, we screamed “pongalo pongal” with happiness.
We took photos, videos and mixed ingredients into the pongal like Arisii, vellam and more. After a while, I drank milk, and we went upstairs. I saw my mom planting sugarcane and I saw my Aachi putting rangoli on the ground and my Thatha helping everyone. Later we did pooja to sun god.
My Thaatha told the essence of thanking sun for growing crops throughout the year. Then we did pooja to the sugarcanes, turmeric, a cute ganesha made out of cow dung (Yes!! Our house help got us cow dung) , and the pongal which was prepared was also kept for pooja.
“We should always be thankful for the food we get,” said Aachi!! And then we took photos around the sugarcane. It was getting late so we all packed up and headed downstairs. I got blessings from my mom and Achi Thatha , and my favourite part-we ate the pongal which we prepared earlier. Yummmm it tasted super good because everyday we prepare in cooker but today it was in traditional pongal paanai (the brass pot) which is ancestral– Aachi , Thaatha told!!
The rest of the day we watched a movie together and later spoke about my grandparent’s childhood celebrations at the farms in their native. Then we watched Big Boss Season 5 finale! My favourite part of any festival is the elaborate planning and preparations which goes into it. Aachi, Thaatha make sure everything is ready so that the celebration is joyful like Aachi kept all the god’s articles cleaned previous day, the ancestral utensils ready. Thaatha had picked all the flowers, fruits and items from market. Amma tied mango leaves to door, making ellu bella packets previous night. All new dresses were kept in the Pooja room. Something to learn, isn’t it 🙂
And me? I was running around the house and planning to write this story already!!
I learnt pongal is celebrated on 4 days in Tamil Nadu!!
Day 1– Bhogi Pongal- On this day people discard old belongings and celebrate new possessions . We also had decluttered our home and burnt old things too. Aachi said that’s why cleaning is important.
Day 2– Surya Pongal– Thanking Sun god for helping us grow crops throughout the year. Thaatha said that’s why we celebrated it on terrace under the SUN!!
Day 3– Maattu Pongal– The day we worship our cattle. There is even a sport called jallikattu that is played in Tamil Nadu on this day!! In their childhood, my grandparents have enjoyed watching it!
Day 4– Kanum Pongal—Many families hold reunions on this day. Communities organize social events to strengthen mutual bonds. Alas!! We neither travelled nor went out this year like we do every year due to covid restrictions!!!
I always love to listen to the stories and traditions that are associated with our festivals and celebrations, I have understood that Pongal is a festival of HARVEST– to honour our crops, farmers and also the cattle!! We should always respect farmers as they are the backbone of our nation, be thankful to every grain of food we get, and not forget our traditions and culture in name of advancement and learn from our parents and grandparents and take it forward.
Hope you all enjoyed pongal like I did.
PONGALO PONGAL
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115 Responses
Very well written Aaryan.. Keep writing such stories
Thank you very much! 😀
Very well written. Congratulations Aaryan. Looking forward for more such value added stories. Good luck Lil champ 👍
thank you so much
Really really very nice story.
Unimaginable.He has narrated all the events of the festival so nicely.Infact we learnt many things after going through the story.childern should inculcate such attitude from the childhood.Then only our rich customs and traditions will prevail for ages to come.
Myself and my spouse,we both read the story together and we enjoyed a lot. Let the God bless him in all his future endeavours.
Our blessings to smt Geetha and her family and our Pranams to Chiranjeevi Arya’s Achi and Tata.
Thank you uncle … you are always sweet
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Nice story of the Indian culture.
Thank you uncle
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Wonderful Aaryan… keep writing more 🤩
Wonderful Aaryan… keep writing more 🤩 may you be blessed with the best
Thank you very much maa! 😀
Wonderful Aaryan… keep writing more 🤩 may you be blessed with the best
Congratulations pujju God bless you keep it up Aaryan!
Thank you very much achi! 😀
Super my boy keep it up ur writing looks great 🥰 I love Pongal too jus like u to eat yummy pongalo Pongal 🤩
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Super my boy 🥰👌🏻Ur write up is great😀👍I love Pongal too jus like u to eat yummy pongalo Pongal 😋😋
Excellent aryan
Keep it up
All the best
God bless u boy
Finally
Pongaloooo pongalu
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Super my brother😍
Thank you very much brother! 😀
Very nice Aaryan!!
Pongalo pongal!!!
Stay blessed always!!!
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Well organized and interesting write up. Good job! Keep it up Aaryan! God bless you!
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Wow…very nice aaryan baby😘
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Super aaryan welldone 🙂
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Very nice
aaryan congratulations keep writing
God bless you
Thank you very much Thatha! 😀
Awesome little hero.. very beautifully written..
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Very nice and informative!
Thank you so much mam
Madam, Thayige Thakka Maga. Innovative, intelligent boy. Let God bless him with Knowledge, health, wealth
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It’s a pleasure to hear from you uncle 🤩 you are always sweet 🤩
Beautifully written Aryan … God bless you 🥰
Thank you very much, mama! 😀
Super aaryan..keep writing…waiting to read more n more from you
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Well done Aaryan👍
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Good aaryan keep rocking
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Very good and thanks for sharing the information . Keep it up.
Wish you all the best Aryan.
Thank you uncle
Hi Aryan wonderful narrative.. I enjoyed reading.. Keep up the good work.
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Well written,keep it up!!we expect more good stories in future!!
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Great story Aaryan….I loved the content and your writing too… So proud of you my boy 🙂
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Reading your story reminded me of my Pongal celebrations with my grandparents when I was a kid. Lovely article, keep writing more such articles!
thank you aunty… i love your cake the most…
Very Good aaryan. All the best. 😌
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Very nice aryan
All ur content is excellent
Keep gng…
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Very nice Aryan 👏👏👏
Keep writing more and more….
thank u aunty 🙂
Very nice👌. Keep it up Aaryan
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Very good Aryan , Keep doing….💥
thank u mama
Thank you everyone who took time to read and comment on lil one’s story… I can’t express his excitement to read all your comments 🤩 thank you all 🤩🙏🏻
Very good really nice narration.V enjoyed Pongal with u by reading this.Keep rocking child.
Very nice Aryan .👌🏻
thank u mama
thank u so much… amma says you are her favourite teacher 🙂
thank u so much… amma says you are her favourite teacher 🙂
Wow, Aaryan, it was very interesting reading about Pongal. Thank you for educating me about the festival. Great knowledge and even better upbringing! Kudos to your mom too!
thank u devi aunty… does chinmayi remember me?
Thank u Devi!!! so glad to read your comment 🙂
Very nice Aryan👏🏻😊👍
thank u so much
thank you aunty
Very nice story Aaryan!!
thank u nitya
Very nice story Aaryan!!
Well writen!!
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It’s so beautiful,,, u did it so lovely ,,,Awesome explanation ,, narration ,, cute write up ,,, Aaryan hearty n lovely congratulations to ur lively views ,,, 😍😍😍😍💐💐💐👍
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SIr!! pleased to read your comment!!
Very well written Aaryan. Keep it up!😍
thank you aunty 🙂
Impressive.
The way Aaryan narrate the story made me to realise the importance of teaching
our culture and tradition to childrens.
I want Aaryan to narrate other festivals.
Geetha, your contributions and efforts in raising your kid have unquestionably going to resulted in him being a civilised guy.
thank you very much 🙂
thank you very much 🙂 glad to read your comment 🙂
Good job dear Aryan.. I really liked the way u have narrated abt four special days of pongal.. very proud of u dear..keep writing.. 👍♥️
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So beautifully written dear I really liked the way u have narrated abt four special days of pongal.. very proud of u dear aaryan..keep writing.. 👍♥️
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Excellent one Aaryan!!…It was engaging all throughout… Keep writing!!
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thank u sir
THank you everyone 🙂 you all are very sweet and encouraging 🙂 lil one is so elated to see each and every comment and is happy that you all loved his write up!!! All your love will keep him going 🙂 We feel grateful 🙂
Super Aaryan… I liked it very much… I love you so much… I’m so happy you have written about the cow dung ganesha we made…
Thank you pavithra akkaaaa…. You are sooo good
Thank you dear Pavithra 😍 all our festivals are special when you are with us 🤩
Awasome story Aryan, I like the way of representing Pongal Festival with your Aachi Thatha(Family) and Thank you for sharing the importance of Pongal Festival. God bless you and your Beautiful family, Write more and more such a wonderful story.
Thank you very much ☺️
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Very well written little Aaryan.. Its heartwarming to see you enjoy the festivals.. Looking forward to more stories from you! Love 😍
Thank you very much 🤩
Thank you Babi 🥰
Thank you all for commenting, i will surley reply more, the more the people comment. 😀
Such lovely narration Aaryan
Thanks for sharing the details of diff pongal days- i never knew that
Future looks bright when kids like you are ready to hold the mantle of culture , but also open for what life throws at you .. loads of love
“Absolutely loved this heartwarming story about Pongal on Bookosmia! 🌞 The way the festival’s traditions and values are explained through the conversation between Aaryan and his grandfather is delightful. 🌾 It brings out the true spirit of Pongal, emphasizing family and cultural heritage. #PongalCelebration #FamilyTraditions #CulturalHeritage”