On Pongal, Tamil families perform traditional rituals, honoring their heritage and evolving customs. Celebrations are richly detailed, from preparing multiple pots of pongal to historical accounts.

The first month of the year also brings with it the winter solstice. The winter harvest festival of Pongal is traditionally celebrated across a few days beginning on 15 January 2023. Regarded by the ...

Mud pots are stacked up in the front room. Smaller mud jars rest in the verandah. At the entrance of the house, there are more pots and containers of several sizes, alongside mud stoves and colourful ...

SINGAPORE - Unlike the subdued celebrations last year (2021), Pongal this year will see a whole raft of hands-on activities including pot painting. A cattle farm will also be set up. The festival is ...

Pongal, Tamil Nadu's cherished harvest festival, is a vibrant four-day-long celebration of gratitude, abundance, and togetherness. Each day brings its own unique rituals and customs, from honoring ...

The Pongal special market at Koyambedu, an initiative of the state government, is witnessing a steady rise in footfall with wholesalers from different parts of the state thronging the market in huge ...

Swiggy Instamart introduced an interactive Pongal pot installation at Express Avenue Mall in Chennai from January 14 to 17, 2025. The life-sized installation blends the Pongal tradition of overflowing ...

Pongal is a harvest festival that is celebrated in Tamil Nadu. This festival is similar to Makar Sankranti that is celebrated in the northern states. It is a four-day festival that is dedicated to the ...

CHENNAI: On Pongal day, Gurumitraa R and her family members wake up early and go to their ooru kavalan (village deity) temple at Kallal Karaikudi with stainless steel pots, dressed in finery, to fetch ...