Attukal Pongala is a 10-day religious festival celebrated at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerala On the ninth day there is a huge gathering of millions of women on the temple surroundings These women prepare a divine food made of rice in earthen pots and offer it to the Attukal Amma Goddess of the Temple The pongala preparation starts with the ritual called Aduppuvettu This is the lighting of the pongala hearth called Pandarayaduppu
