Harvest Harmony Pongal Festivity at the Farm
My lifelong connection to this cherished harvest festival ensures an immersive and genuine celebration for guests. The experience is coupled with the location. A functional farm, farm house, farm animals, traditional cooking set up and equipments along with the traditional cuisine. The farm’s serene rural setting and the farm house mirrors the traditional environment where Pongal is celebrated, allowing rituals like boiling fresh milk and creating kolams to unfold authentically. Guests actively participate in cooking Pongal rice, feeding animals, and exploring the land, fostering a hands-on connection to the festival’s agricultural roots. I enrich every activity with storytelling, sharing the history and meaning behind Pongal’s rituals, creating a deeper appreciation of Tamil heritage. With warm hospitality, I ensure an inclusive and unforgettable experience that bridges cultures, leaving guests with lasting memories and a heartfelt connection to Tamil traditions.
Options
Farm food and festival-8 hr
Tea, snacks and lunch
Pickup included
What's included in Harvest Harmony Pongal Festivity at the Farm
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Enjoy preparing and savouring South Indian delicacies specific to Pongal festival. Tune into the process using traditional cooking tools and flavours. Learn to use the stone grinders,Immersive cooking in open chulas, bronze pots/mud pots, decorate the house with kolams, flower arrangements, lighting lamps. Farm walk through, vegetable picking (seasonal), enjoy tender coconut, caress tamed farm animals, learn the art of sustainable farming practices. Experience the local parai drums. Traditional attire drapes, farewell notes, plant a tree and group photographs.
Food Menu
STARTER - Sweet Pongal and Urad dhal vada (savory dougnut)
Sweet dish with traditional rice variety, lentil, jaggery, ghee, garnished with cardomom, nuts and dry fruits. Wet ground urad dhal deep fried vada.
MAIN - Rice and curry
Cooked Ponni rice served with curry made from 15 locally grown vegetables cooked in coconut base
MAIN - Rice and Rasam
Cooked Ponni rice served with rasam made from dhal, tomatoes, lemon juice, garnished with garlic, jeera, pepper, turmeric, corriander leaves.
MAIN - Rice and curd
Cooked Ponni rice served with fresh curd. Tempered with mustard seeds, urad dhal, jeera, roasted cashews, raisins.
DESSERT - Payasam
Sweet Porridge made with broken wheat, jaggery, garnished with dry fruits and nuts.
Inclusions
- Bottled water
- Traditional drapes- sungudi sari and cotton veshti
- Lunch
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Vegetarian Menu is included, Vegan diet may be possible on prior request.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 30 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
The last 2 km requires a 4x4 drive. The pick up/drop shall be facilitated when requested for.
Meeting / End Points
- Get to the Devi temple on the Tholampalayam - Neelampathy road.
