Chewing on sugar cane, digging into delicious sweet pongal, and catching a Test at Chepauk were all part of January festivities in the Madras of yore. The Pongal Test was very much part of the ...

TIRUPATTUR: Alleging persons belonging to the MBC community had defaced a wall portrait of Ambedkar ... communities in the area during the last Pongal as well. A revenue official said that ...

BUTTERWORTH, Jan 18 — Preparations are underway for the celebration of Pongal tomorrow at the 90-year-old Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, here in Penang. Pongal — a traditional ...

Happy Pongal 2023: Pongal is a popular harvest festival that is celebrated for four days. This year, it will be celebrated from 15 January to 18 January. The festival corresponds with Makar ...

As many as 19 children who went missing in the crowds that had gathered at the beaches of Chennai on Kaanum Pongal day on Thursday (January 16, 2025) were traced and reunited with their parents by ...

Happy Mattu Pongal 2025 Wishes, Greetings, Messages, Quotes, Photos: The celebrations are filled with traditional music, dances, and delicious food, with Pongal (a sweet rice dish) being the ...

It's January, and if you're in Tamil Nadu that can mean only one thing: Pongal season. The state's annual harvest festival (it usually comes with a week-long holiday) is celebrated with one of its ...

Pongal is an ancient celebration for the people of Tamil Nadu that is celebrated for four continuous days. Mattu Pongal is the 3rd day of the Pongal celebrations and is observed on the second day of ...

Kaanum Pongal marks the end of the Pongal celebrations. The word ‘kaanum’ in Tamil means ‘to visit’ and so on the day of Kaanum Pongal families hold reunions. There is also a tradition of presenting ...

The auspicious 4-day stretch of Pongal kickstarted yesterday and brings us to the heartening Mattu Pongal celebration today. What is it all about? With 394.6 million acres of India's soil being ...