September 16, 2015
Festival of Kerala- Attukal Pongala
The world’s only largest annual congregation festival of women is called “Attukal Pongala”. During my visit to Kerala’s capital , I was keen on experiencing this festival, as I had learnt about it from the Guinness Book of Records back in 2009 . More than 3.9 million women come together every year for this religious act where they offer their devotion , dedication & obeisance to the deity of Attukal Bhagavathy temple. The festival is about offering a sweet dish called “ Pongala”, which literally means “to boil over”, porridge made of rice , sweet brown molasses, coconut , jagerry, nuts , raisins. etc….