Happy Pongal!

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Critical Care & Beyond

Dr Amuthakumar Ramamsamy
Chairman

Wishing my Chakra Family A Very Happy Pongal!
Let’s celebrate this Pongal to mark the Beginning of a new era of best healthcare and critical care services in Chennai.
Wishing all success to our team let’s move ahead and achieve our vision in the coming days.

Critical Care & Beyond

Mrs Esther Evanjeline,
CEO

Pongal is a festival of Harvest. Our team has put in tremendous effort in bringing Chakra Hospitals to a successful beginning. Wishing all of us to harvest the benefits of all the hardships and efforts done till date and take Chakra Critical Centre & Hospitals to the next stage!

Happy Pongal!

Pongal is a traditional harvest festival celebrated in South India, particularly in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. The important South Indian festival of Pongal honours Lord Surya Narayan, the ruler of the planets, and is associated with crop harvesting. The festival is known as Makar Sankranti in northern India. The four-day festival will be celebrated from January 15 to January 18 this year (2023) and will be marked by a variety of rituals and traditions, including the offering of milk rice to the sun god and the popular bull-taming sport of Jallikattu. Here is all you want to know about the four days of the festival known as Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal, Mattu Pongal, and Kanum Pongal.

Day 1: Bhogi Pongal

Bhogi / Bogi, which falls on January 14th this year, marks the beginning of the Pongal festival celebrations. Indra, the Lord of the Rain, is honoured on the first day in gratitude for the fertility of their agricultural land. Similar to the Lohri festival in Punjab, this day’s events were centred around a bonfire. On this day, people worship the sun god as well as the agricultural tools that are used to harvest crops. People tidy up their homes and use rangoli or “Kolams” to beautify them. Red dirt with a paste of rice flour and water is used to create the lovely Pongal Kolams. Additionally, lamps and fresh flowers are used in home decorations.

Day 2: Surya Pongal

The main day of the Pongal celebration, which is observed as Surya Pongal, is the second day which will be observed on January 15. Fresh milk is boiled till it crosses the vessel’s edge to start the day. This is one of the key traditions of the Pongal celebration and is said to bring prosperity. On this day, people in Tamil Nadu prepare the traditional sweet dish “Pongal” out of rice, milk, and jaggery. This is presented to the deity as prasad. Women congregate at a certain location in several areas of Tamil Nadu to execute the ceremony collectively. Other items like sugarcane, coconut and bananas are also offered to the Sun god.

Day 3: Mattu Pongal

The main day of the Pongal celebration, which is observed as Surya Pongal, is the second day which will be observed on January 15. Fresh milk is boiled till it crosses the vessel’s edge to start the day. This is one of the key traditions of the Pongal celebration and is said to bring prosperity. On this day, people in Tamil Nadu prepare the traditional sweet dish “Pongal” out of rice, milk, and jaggery. This is presented to the deity as prasad. Women congregate at a certain location in several areas of Tamil Nadu to execute the ceremony collectively. Other items like sugarcane, coconut and bananas are also offered to the Sun god.

Day 4: Kaanum Pongal

The fourth day or last day of Pongal is known as Kaanum or Knau Pongal which will be celebrated on January 17. Kaanum Pongal is also referred to as Karinaal in some regions of Tamil Nadu. On this day, people worship the Sun God and offer food and Sarkarai Pongal. In order to represent sweetness and joy in life, sugarcane is dedicated to the deity as well as exchanged amongst humans. During Kaanum Pongal, people visit their loved ones and distant acquaintances. On Kaanum Pongal, people perform traditional dances and songs from the region.

Chakra Family's Pongal Celebrations

27 thoughts on “Happy Pongal!”

  6. SENTHILKUMAR M

    Dear TEAM CHAKRA,

    Happy PONGAL wishes……

    All the very Best to Entire Team.
    Dr. Amuthakumar Ramaswamy is Best Academic Doctor and Best Patients Care Physician.

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  13. Dr AMUTHAKUMAR RAMASAMY

    Thank you verymuch for having such wonderful words to chakra
    Chakra is already on the path of futuristic evidence based protocols for securing the diseased life for 90 plus active and also preventive critical care even beyond pt symptoms worse from even grade 1 to grade 2 ( breathlessness/ fatiguability/chest pain/ palpitations/Allergic etiology / diabetic/ hypertensive/ obese/ hyperlipidemia/ hypo or hyper thyroidism/ family history of sudden cardiac arrest/ excercise induced symptoms/ Anaemia/Arthritis/hypocalcaemia/ VIT D3 deficiency)
    NOW ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AS HIGHEST SR LEAD
    Dr AmuthakumarRamasamy
    Managing Director & Chairman
    CHAKRA CRITICAL CARE CENTRE HOSPITALS AND RESEARCH PVT LTD

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  18. Divya KrishnaKumar

    Happy Pongal to my C4 family members.. special wishes to our CEO mam and Dr. AKR sir have a blasting year ahead…

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  19. Nizar nisha

    Wishing you all a HAPPY PONGAL ? and a promised ,successful year ahead to all doctors,staffs and every pillars of chakra.

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  23. Esther

    Happy Pongal to my family n their families. Years to go together with growth n spreading service n passion.. This new year brings prosperity n unity ever. My heart full gratitude for my entire team – Esther

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  26. மதுரை K மீனாட்சி சுந்தரம்

    அன்பு பெருக
    செல்வம் நிலைக்க
    முயற்சி பெருக
    மகிழ்ச்சி தங்க
    நோய் நீங்க (Chakra critical care centre)
    உறவுகள் அனைவருக்கும் தமிழர் திருநாளாம் பொங்கல் திருநாள் வாழ்த்துகள்

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