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 ...

And that is the sentiment that is honoured with grand celebrations on the occasion of Mattu Pongal. Mattu Pongal is being celebrated today, Wednesday, January 15. The rituals, traditions and ...

Each day marked by different festivities- First day is called the Bhogi festival; the Second day is called Thai Pongal; the Third day is called Mattu Pongal; the Fourth day is called Kaanum Pongal.

Thai Pongal honours the Sun God with offerings of sweet "Pongal.” Mattu Pongal celebrates farm animals, especially cows, for their contribution to agriculture, and Kaanum Pongal is a day for ...

When is Mattu Pongal in 2025? Know about Mattu Pongal and the day and date on which Mattu Pongal falls this year. Information about holidays and important days in 2015. Find out when is Mattu Pongal ...

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 ...