01-16-2007, 02:40 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pongal gets a secular touchÂ
Nagarcoil, PTI:
Giving a secular touch to the Pongal festival traditionally celebrated by Hindus, a group of Christian women today performed the ritual connected with the event at a church compound near here today.
According to church sources, about 100 women joined the festival by preparing the traditional 'pongal prasadam' -- a mix of rice, jaggery and milk -- in earthen pots in the compound of the St Mary's Church at Mulakukad near here.
The prasadam was then taken inside the church to be offered to the Lord seeking divine blessings for peace, prosperity and joy, they said.
In a similar gesture, a mass 'pongala' was organised in Agastheeswaram village near Kanyakumari where people cutting across religious barriers participated in the ceremony connected with the harvest festival.
Meanwhile, Kanyakumari Devi temple and other shrines in the district witnessed heavy rush as hundreds of pilgrims returning home after the Makaravilakku festival in Sabarimala had a stop-over there.
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What nonsense, if Hindus celebrate it then it's not secular but as soon as xtians touch it becomes a "secular touch", secular in the real sense means something totally neutral and unconnected with religion, this is all part of the overall inculturation strategy to subvert dharma and reap a harvest among the illiterate Hindus.
Nagarcoil, PTI:
Giving a secular touch to the Pongal festival traditionally celebrated by Hindus, a group of Christian women today performed the ritual connected with the event at a church compound near here today.
According to church sources, about 100 women joined the festival by preparing the traditional 'pongal prasadam' -- a mix of rice, jaggery and milk -- in earthen pots in the compound of the St Mary's Church at Mulakukad near here.
The prasadam was then taken inside the church to be offered to the Lord seeking divine blessings for peace, prosperity and joy, they said.
In a similar gesture, a mass 'pongala' was organised in Agastheeswaram village near Kanyakumari where people cutting across religious barriers participated in the ceremony connected with the harvest festival.
Meanwhile, Kanyakumari Devi temple and other shrines in the district witnessed heavy rush as hundreds of pilgrims returning home after the Makaravilakku festival in Sabarimala had a stop-over there.
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What nonsense, if Hindus celebrate it then it's not secular but as soon as xtians touch it becomes a "secular touch", secular in the real sense means something totally neutral and unconnected with religion, this is all part of the overall inculturation strategy to subvert dharma and reap a harvest among the illiterate Hindus.