Two lakh visitors and a good sale at the chennai pongal book festival at. Thai pongal is mainly celebrated to convey appreciation to the sun god for a successful harvest. Pongal falls in the midjanuary every year and marks the auspicious beginning of uttarayan suns journey northwards. My painting is selected as one of the best paintings in the competition and given the books worth rs. The 39th chennai book fair is being held from 1st june to th june at the island grounds this year, with nearly 700 stalls. Chennai book fair or madras book fair is an annual book fair organized in the chennai, india by the booksellers and publishers association of south india bapasi. Though not as grand in scale, there was a smaller book fair called chennai pongal book festival was organised by another association at ymca grounds in royapettah from th january to 26th. Chennai pongal book festival2016 the indian association. Iab participated in the book fair at ymca, royapettai, chennai from th jan, 2016 to 24th jan 2016. It is the only day when chakkara pongal 18th january, a yummy delight of harvest rice is prepared with jaggery, cashew nuts and ghee and is then offered to the sun god. The chennai book fair, which is usually held in january, has been postponed to april because of the. The fair typically lasts for about two weeks during the new yearpongal season. Book fair in chennai starts on th this month with pongal festival.
Chennai pongal book fair 2016 drawing contest i had participated in the chennai pongal book fair 2016 drawing contest held on january 15, 2016 at ymca ground, royapettah. I had participated in the chennai pongal book fair 2016 drawing contest held on january 15, 2016 at ymca ground, royapettah. Coinciding with the end of the summer vacations, the fair has several stalls housing academic and schoolrelated books. The annual chennai book fair was held at the island grounds from june 1 to june, 2016. Chennai book fair wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Chennai pongal book fair announced printweek india.
Since i had taken my kids along too, couldnt spend much time and check out all the stalls. The book fair conducted by the tamil nadu books sales and promotions association will consist of 225 book stalls. Yes, the chennai book fair for 2016 is not the regular one, but a special chennai pongal book fair 2016 by the publishers and booksellers. The chennai pongal book festival 2016 is being held at the ymca grounds. In view of chennai book fair postponed to later next year, chennai pongal book fair will be held in january 2016. Other ingredients include coconut and ghee clarified butter from cow milk. The 39th edition of chennai book fair was not conducted in january 2016 due to. As a result the organiser bapasi has decided to postpone the book fair 2016 to a later date, may be around tamil new years day in april 16. Hindus consider the date as auspicious and mark this as the beginning of. The pongal festival in chennai the biggest festival of southern india is a fourday adventure into culture, bovine veneration and amazing food by thecityguide 12 january, 2010. The fair which is hosted at the ymca of late was shifted to the island grounds this year. It is not the regular, popular chennai book fair, but a number of publishers and booksellers have got together to organise a similar event from january. In 2016, following the 2015 south indian floods, for the first time, the book fair was rescheduled to be held in may. The tamil nadu book sales and promotions association announced the chennai pongal book fair to be held from january to 24 at ymca grounds, royapettah, chennai.
So here again,after a long time wait the chennai book fair was started from 1st june and will be held till th of junethis time also it is organized in a grand scale. The festival is celebrated with much enthusiasm, quite like thanksgiving in america. Usually held around pongal january, the book fair was cancelled due to the floods in december last year. Pongal book fair will have over 200 stalls the hindu. Pongal 2020 in india, photos, festival, religion, fair. Instead, an alternate lowkey pongal book fair was held between and 24. When books complete the pongal weekend chennai news. Topic of the contest was vellam thaandi ullam velvom, which was based on the recent chennai floods. The fair is usually held between the last week of december and the third week of january. Its always fun for me to visit the annual chennai trade fair that happens in island grounds near the mouth of river cooum. Part of the celebration is the boiling of the first rice of the season consecrated to the sun the surya maangalyam. The front of the special cover released to commemorate the 39 th edition of the chennai book fair held from 01.
The first one, pongal book fair by tamil nadu book sales and. Here are 20 places in chennai that seem to have gone beyond the perfect line and made their way into our hearts. Chennai book fair 2020 january 921, 2020 one of the. Well this year the usual pongal book fair by bapasi did not happen at nandanam because of the devastating december floods of 2015 some splinter groups set up a fair at royapettah during pongal but well that was no way the real deal. To make your pongal vacation more enjoyable, treat yourself to the annual book fair. Ven pongals taste is something most of the restaurants seem to have perfected. Planning to visit other stalls in the next few days. The chennai book fair 2016, the annual book fair held in nandanam ymca grounds during pongalsankaranthi, will not be held in january. It utilizes freshly harvested rice, and is prepared by boiling it in milk and raw cane sugar jaggery. Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festival of south india, mainly tamil nadu.
Pongal, which is celebrated in countries such as india, marks the start of suns sixmonth long journey northwards uttarayana. Spent some money in kalachuvadu and uyirmmai stalls and at prodigy stall for my daughter. The chennai pongal book festival 2016 is being held at the ymca grounds, royapettahnot nandanam from january 24, 16. So far this year 2016, there have been three book fairs in chennai. Many told us that by the time they return, the book fair comes to an end. It is that time of the year when you indulge in that bowl of delicious sweet pongal dripping with ghee. Many other special events take place in chennai and the rest of tamil nadu during pongal, such as chennai book fair and lit for life. The grand chennai book fair that was to be held january was postponed for the first time in 38 years due to heavy floods in novemberbut instead a semi pongal book fair was held in january this year with around 250 stalls. Special fare special train from tambaram to tirunelveli train no.
During this time of the year, people usually leave the city for pongal. Sometimes additional ingredients are added to the sweet dish, such as. A special cover issued by the tamilnadu postal circle of india post on 01. I went to the chennai book fair 2009 on pongal day. Two lakh visitors and a good sale at the chennai pongal book festival at the ymca. The annual book fair has become part of chennais culture, like the december music season. All major tamil and english publishing houses participate in this fair.
Chennai book fair 2016 will be held from june 1 destination. Instead, an alternate lowkey pongal book fair was held between and 24 january for book lovers and tourists. Usually held during the pongal holidays each year, this year it had been postponed to summer due to the heavy rains that led to floods in december. The festivals most significant practice is the preparation of the traditional pongal dish.
The visit is a bit nostalgic as well for me, as it brings back memory of my school days when my dad used to bring me to this fair every year. Chennai book fair or madras book fair is an annual book fair organized in chennai, india by the booksellers and publishers association of south india bapasi. One of 6 eminent tamil writers on whom tamilnadu postal circle has issued special covers on 10. Bhogi pongal 15th january followed by surya is the first and the foremost festivity that takes place on the last day of tamil month. The following special trains will be run to clear the extra rush of traffic in view of pongal festival. Midnight group security service your security our duty an iso 90012008 certified company. This observance occurs annually around january 14 each year.