Staten Island's Tamil community celebrated the 10th annual Harvest Festival with traditional Pongal rituals, cultural ...

Tamil Nadu's colorful harvest festival Pongal displays different kinds of celebrations in different cities. Every place ...

Pongal is a major harvest festival celebrated across India, particularly in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala. It starts on ...

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 ...

During the celebrations in Hindu temples and Christian churches, school material was handed out to 175 pupils from the disadvantaged Malaiyaha community. The initiative, by the Voice of Plantation ...

This declaration creates a six-day holiday stretch starting from Pongal on Jan 14 to Jan 19. Institutions will make up for this by functioning on Jan 25. The Tamil Nadu government has announced ...

The second day of the Pongal festival, Surya Pongal ... signaling the start of the Tamil month of Thai. The day is packed with rituals and ceremonies, as individuals come together to honor ...

Mattu Pongal is being celebrated today, Wednesday, January 15. The rituals, traditions and customs observed on this day highlight the reverence of animals, particularly in the Tamil culture.

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced a special Pongal bonus for its employees, teachers and pensioners to mark the festival. According to an official release, an ad hoc bonus subject to ...

Pongal events are underway in Cavalry lane, between Kaukur and Yapral, where over 100 Tamil families, mostly ex-servicemen, live. The colony has a Sri Kannabiran temple with Lord Krishna as the ...

Pongal Festival 2025: Pongal is one of the most popular festival in India, especially in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, etc. The harvest festival began on Monday, January 13, to mark the arrival ...