Worship of the womanhood

Attukal Pongala is not simply a worship of the Mother diety (Attukalamma), but a worship of the womanhood itself. One can never find a festival, particularly associated with woman any where in Indian culture. Pongala symbolises the compassion, sincerity, dedication and bhakti and above all the forgiveness of women (or a Mother). By offering Pongala women re-dedicate themselves to the cause of womanhood, asserting that their role play as mother, sister and daughter procreating the essence of human being is more divine than mere physiological.