What is Ponggal : Its a South Indian equivalent of the Western Thanksgiving. Or the same with East Malaysia’s Hari Gawai. It is a day to celebrate the harvesting season, which is why the Tamils in Tamil Nadu celebrate it in a big scale; as majority are still farmers and livestock breeders,involved in the agriculture industry. Ponggal is beautiful, environment friendly festive of the Dravidian-culture, as it is a day for the people to thank the mother earth for providing food, and income. It is the time to offer gratitude for the main essentials needs of living things, that is water, land, air. And not forgetting the graciousness
of the sun.