On the third day of the harvest festival in Tamil Nadu – also known as Mattu Pongal – cattle, specifically bulls, are honoured for their contribution in ploughing the fields, that helps ...

Today is Mattu Pongal, Bommala Nomu, Mukkanuma, Thiruvalluvar Day, Vassi Uttarayan. It is considered auspicious to read panchang daily. Panchang gives you an overview of muhurat and other auspicious ...

Main part of the festivities on the second day is the making of pongal, rice cooked with jaggery. Mattu Pongal, celebrated on third day, involves worshipping of cattle. Jallikattu events are ...

He also said that today's celebrations included the cooking of rice with milk and gula Melaka at the village temple, while tomorrow will see the ‘Mattu Pongal’ ceremony, a procession involving ...