Iniya Pongal, ⁠Karthik⁠

Four days. One pot. A lot of sugarcane.

Bhogi to Kaanum. Turn the pages, one day at a time.

Day 1 · Bhogi

Out with the old. Yes, including that bedsheet. Pop everything that goes on the bonfire.

The old is out and the fire is lit. Now the pot can go on.

0 / 24 popped · Pop all of it

Tap the pot and let it boil over.

Pongalo Pongal! 🍯

Day 3 · Maattu Pongal. Lakshmi and Nandini have had a bath, fresh paint on their horns and new bells. They'd like a word.

They ploughed, they gave milk, they put up with all of us. Twenty thank-yous, minimum.

Tap to say nandri

0 thank-yous to the cows

The last kolam goes at the door. For you.

Drawn at the door, for you, ⁠Karthik⁠. 🌾

Stamp one and post it home before the pot boils over.

Pongalo Pongal! Iniya Pongal nalvazhthukkal 🍯