Biggest Women Gathering
This year roughly 30 lakh women from all over Kerala and neighbouring States participated in the Pongala. Every year the number of participants goes up.
Kerala is the venue of biggest women gathering in India. This venue is Attukal Bhawawathy temple in Thiruvananthapuram. The occasion is yearly event of Pongala which is on the penultimate day of 10-day festival. Pongala is an offering of seat porridge made of rice, coconut and jaggery as main ingredients in new mud-pots to the goddess. The porridge is prepared in new make-shift hearths made of bricks. The hearths are located in the temple premises, both sides of roads and bylanes and compounds of residents within 2 km from the temple. This year roughly 30 lakh women from all over Kerala and neighbouring States participated in the Pongala. Every year the number of participants goes up.
The event may be perhaps the biggest women alone gathering in the world.