Attukal Pongala

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  Lakhs On Kerala Streets For Attukal Pongala Despite Coronavirus Fears

  Lakhs of women across Kerala have lined up streets to celebrate Attukal Pongala festival, considered as the largest gathering of women, amid renewed fears over coronavirus after six fresh cases were confirmed in the state since Sunday. Several women - participating in the festivity - were seen wearing masks.

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  Kerala Women, Who Were Laid Off Abruptly, Take Part In Attukal Pongala

  The women prepared a ritualistic offering for Attukal Devi in front of the Secretariat in Thiruvanathapuram where they have been protesting for nearly a month against their abrupt termination.

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  In World's Largest Gathering Of Women, Kerala Celebrates Attukal Pongala

  Braving the hot sun, thousands of women prepared 'Pongala' (offering) in makeshift brick stoves to appease the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathy temple here, in what is called as one of the world's largest all women gatherings.

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  Temple Ritual: Panic, Chaos At Kerala Temple After Smoke Scare

  Tears rolling down their cheeks, little boys between five and 12 are desperate to be freed so that they can be with their mothers on the other side of the tall iron gates at the Attukal temple in Kerala. There was panic and chaos after thick smoke enveloped the temple courtyard where women were offering pongala or the sweet rice to Attukal Devi, of...

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  In Kerala, Bricks From Pongala Offerings To Be Used To Build Homes For Poor

  Thiruvananthapuram: Pongala offerings made at the Attukal Devi temple in makeshift brick stoves are turning out to be a blessing for those without homes as the bricks will be used for construction of their houses. Lakhs of bricks are abandoned by devotees after the annual “Attukal Pongala“, one of the world’s largest all-women religious even...

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  Kerala's All-Women Pongala Fest Gives Hope To Homeless

  'Pongala' offerings made at the Attukal Devi temple in Thiruvananthapuram in makeshift brick stoves are turning out to be a blessing for the homeless as the bricks will be used for construction of houses for the needy.

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  40 Lakh Women Expected For Attukal Pongala Festival

  A record 40 lakh women devotees are expected to take part in the 10-day Attukal Pongala festival that begins at the Attukal Bhagavathi temple in Thiruvananthpuram on Tuesday, officials said.

• Attukal Pongala: Kerala's capital celebrates the 'largest congregation of women'

  The capital of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, is enveloped in smoke, as a sea of women devotees make their offerings. They are celebrating Attukal Pongala.

• All-women Pongala festival turning a boon to potters, vendors

  One of world's largest all-women religious events, the annual Pongala festival of the famous Attukal Bhagavathi shrine here, to be celebrated on Sunday, is turning to be a boon to earthen pot-makers in South India who struggle to make both ends meet.

• In Kerala, a festival that marks the world's largest gathering of women

  The streets of Thiruvananthapuram are packed today with millions of women for the annual festival of Attukal Pongala, which celebrates the Goddess Kannaki.

• Thousands of women converge for 'Pongala' fest in Kerala

  Women in thousands are converging in the Kerala capital on the eve of the famed "Pongala" festival of Attukal Bhagavathi temple, billed as the world's largest religious convergence of women.

• Rs 12 crore allotted for Attukal Pongala

  The Kerala government has allotted Rs 12 crore for development works in connection with the Pongala festival to be held at the Attukal Devi temple on March 7.