In this vlog I have showed my Pongal shopping experiences in London Tamil shops at Wembley in london. I bought varieties of vegetables for Pongal cooking and few clothes.
All about Pongal Festival :

Pongal (பொங்கல், /ˈθaɪˈpoʊŋʌl/, also spelled Poṅkal), is also referred to as Thai Pongal (தைப்பொங்கல், also spelled Tai Pongal), is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival of South India, particularly in the Tamil community.It is observed at the start of the month Tai according to Tamil solar calendar,and this is typically about January It is dedicated to the Hindu sun god,the Surya, and corresponds to Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival under many regional names celebrated throughout India.The three days of the Pongal festival are called Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal and Maattu Pongal.Some Tamils celebrate a fourth day of Pongal as Kaanum Pongal.

Pongal

Observed by
particularly Tamil,Telugu people in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, United States, Indonesia, Mauritius, Singapore, UK, South Africa, Canada, Australia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait
Type
Hindu festival
Significance
Harvest festival. Thanking the Sun God for agricultural abundance 4 days long
Celebrations
Pongal dish, decorations, flour dishes, home coming, prayers, processions, gift giving
Date
First day of the 10th month of Tai (Tamil calendar)

2022 date
Saturday, 15 January
Frequency
Annual
Related to
Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu, Uttarayana, Maghi, Maghe Sankranti, Shakrain
Tamil is written in a non-Latin script. Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard.
According to tradition, the festival marks the end of winter solstice, and the start of the sun's six-month-long journey northwards when the sun enters the Capricorn.The festival is named after the ceremonial "Pongal", which means "to boil, overflow" and refers to the traditional dish prepared from the new harvest of rice boiled in milk with jaggery (raw sugar). To mark the festival, the pongal sweet dish is prepared, first offered to the gods and goddesses (goddess Pongal), Mattu Pongal, is for worship of the cattle known as Mattu. Cattle are bathed, their horns polished and painted in bright colors, and garlands of flowers placed around their necks. The Pongal that has been offered to the Gods is then given to cattle , and then shared by the family. Festive celebrations include decorating cows and their horns, ritual bathing and processions.It is traditionally an occasion for decorating rice-powder based kolam artworks, offering prayers in the home, temples, getting together with family and friends, and exchanging gifts to renew social bonds of solidarity.

Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamil people in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,Telanganaand Puducherry in India.It is also a major Tamil festival in Sri Lanka.It is observed by the Tamil diaspora worldwide,including those in Malaysia,Mauritius, South Africa,Singapore,United States, United Kingdom, and Canada-Thanks Wikipedia for the information

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