Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Volume 4, Issue 2, Year 2022
Articles

Thai Pongal in the life of the Vellalars of Karimangalam Area

Periyasamy L
Department of Tamil Studies, M.G.R College, Hosur–635130, Tamil Nadu, India
Lenin G
Department of Tamil Studies, M.G.R College, Hosur–635130, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2022-04-27

Keywords

  • Thai pongal,
  • Karimangalam Area,
  • Vellala Gounders,
  • Farmers of Karimangalam

How to Cite

L, P., & G, L. (2022). Thai Pongal in the life of the Vellalars of Karimangalam Area. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(2), 159-165. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt22220

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Abstract

In the early days when the Tamil people lived in groups, they followed certain guidelines for the betterment of their lives. Its expression can still be seen today in the works of Sangam literature. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the way our forefathers followed then to understand the Tamil people as civilized people today. Thus, the Velala Gounder living in the Karimangalam area of ​​the Dharmapuri district, a Tamil tribe, are still celebrating Pongal. A few days before the commencement of the festival in the Karimangalam area, all the people of Urgudi unanimously decided to collect firewood for Pongal, to boil the door, to roll the clay, to set the stove, to provide the other community with the customs of Thaipongal, and to preserve the Pongal on the day of Poki. Feasting, sharing of food with others, worshiping with cow dung, embracing the dead, bringing a plant from the river to worship the dead, and worshiping the cow, which helps to improve their lives. Making people feel the pain of bullfighting and making people feel the pain of bullfighting and celebrating the festival at the beginning of the festival are just as important as the honor of sharing a bouquet so that no one can return home empty-handed after the festival.

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