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{"id":3022,"date":"2015-11-16T20:42:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T19:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2016-02-29T10:21:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T09:21:02","slug":"the-pongal-arul-or-with-tourism-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/the-pongal-arul-or-with-tourism-office\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Pongal&#8221;, Arul or with &#8220;Tourism Office&#8221;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <strong>Mah\u0101balipuram<\/strong>, you will have the choice between two possibilities to participate in this wonderful celebration, <strong>Pongal<\/strong>, one of the most colourful in South India.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, during your session of Ashtanga Yoga in the month of January you may participate in this rich in colours and music event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Tourism Office organizes each year for these festivities of Pongal, a visit to a traditional village some km from Mah\u0101balipuram (singing, dancing, puja, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3036\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/pongal-chez-arul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3036\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3036\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/pongal-chez-arul.jpg\" alt=\"Pongal in Arul familly\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/pongal-chez-arul.jpg 850w, https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/pongal-chez-arul-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pongal in Arul familly<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>If you prefer, you can live this event in a traditional Indian family in a small village 4 km from Mah\u0101balipuram, one of our Indian friends <strong>&#8220;Arul&#8221;<\/strong> invites the participants to the session of Ashtanga Yoga to share the Puja ceremony and share the typical Pongal meal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":2,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yoga-ashtanga.net\\\/en\\\/the-pongal-arul-or-with-tourism-office\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":false}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3022 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/pongal-the-festival-of-rice-harvest-and-of-cows\/ashtanga-yoga-pongal-labour-jc\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Pongal-labour-JC-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-882\" data-attachment-id=\"882\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Pongal-labour-JC.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3888,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1168969203&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Array&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ashtanga Yoga Pongal labour JC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Pongal-labour-JC-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Pongal-labour-JC-1024x683.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-882'>\n\t\t\t\tPendant le Pongal Festival, les premiers sillons\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/pongal-the-festival-of-rice-harvest-and-of-cows\/ashtanga-yoga-pongal-ceremonie-repas-a\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/ashtanga-yoga-pongal-ceremonie-repas-a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2878\" data-attachment-id=\"2878\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/ashtanga-yoga-pongal-ceremonie-repas-a.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"850,567\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;unknown&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 400D 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href='https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/pongal-the-festival-of-rice-harvest-and-of-cows\/ashtanga-yoga-pongal-puja-maison\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Pongal-Puja-maison-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-883\" data-attachment-id=\"883\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Ashtanga-Yoga-Pongal-Puja-maison.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3390,2580\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;unknown&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 400D 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portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/pongal-the-festival-of-rice-harvest-and-of-cows\/ashtanga-yoga-pongal-vache-ballons-portrait\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Ashtanga-Yoga-pongal-vache-ballons-portrait-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-891\" data-attachment-id=\"891\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Ashtanga-Yoga-pongal-vache-ballons-portrait.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,3888\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 400D 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