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SUMMARY:Attukal Pongala
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20270322T050000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20270322T210000
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:OPAQUE
LOCATION:Attukal Bhagavathy Temple\, Thiruvananthapuram\, Attukal Bhagavath
 y Temple\, Thiruvananthapuram\, Thiruvananthapuram\, kerala\, 695009
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URL:https://app.eventifyplus.com/event/attukal-pongala
DESCRIPTION:Attukal Pongala is the principal annual festival of Attukal Bha
 gavathy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram and one of Kerala’s most distinctiv
 e women-centred religious observances. The ten-day festival begins in the 
 Malayalam months of Makaram–Kumbham\, generally February or March\, with
  the Karthika star\, and culminates in the Pongala offering on the auspici
 ous Pooram star\, which coincides with the full moon according to the temp
 le tradition. The ritual is dedicated to Attukal Bhagavathy\, whom temple 
 and Kerala Tourism traditions identify with Kannaki\, the central figure o
 f the Tamil epic Silappathikaram. During Pongala\, women devotees prepare 
 the offering in earthen pots over individual hearths in the open\, using r
 ice\, jaggery and coconut\, with plantain also included in the traditional
  preparation. The temple priest gives the signal at the prescribed auspici
 ous time for the hearths to be lit\, after which thousands of devotees beg
 in cooking their offerings simultaneously. The ritual concludes later in t
 he day with priests sprinkling holy water over the prepared offerings\, af
 ter which they are considered ready to be offered to the Goddess. The scal
 e of the gathering has made Attukal Pongala internationally known. Guinnes
 s World Records records the participation of 2.5 million women at the fest
 ival on 10 March 2009 as the largest gathering of women\, while the temple
  trust records earlier participation of 1.5 million in 1997. The ritual ar
 ea extends well beyond the temple itself: the…\n\nEvent page: https://ap
 p.eventifyplus.com/event/attukal-pongala
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