What gives light? What is eternal youth?
Who is Veyavan? Whose pleasure is it?
Who gives rain? Whose eye is it?
Who gives life? Who gives fame?
To whom belongs the glory? How does knowledge burn?
Which is the temple of Goddess of Knowledge?
Bharatiyar raises various questions as an answer ‘Sunday, it’s good’ He concludes. Bharatiyar sees the sun as the supreme god. Thirunal Taippongal is a day of thanksgiving to Njaai, the Supreme God.
What we get by worshiping Sunday on Thai Pongal is also subtly told in this song itself. The sun is eternally youthful. So if you worship him you will get youth. Get fame. Get pleasure. Bharatiyar expresses the essence of the Vedas by saying that he who blazes as a temple of knowledge will provide shining knowledge. Taippongal is the perfect day to worship Lord Surya and get everything we need.
How to celebrate Pongal?
Before placing the Pongal pot in the oven, hold Ganesha in jaggery or turmeric and offer flowers to it and pray that ‘Pongal worship should be done in a good manner’.