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

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

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 ...

Mattu Pongal, celebrated on the third day of the four-day Pongal festival, is a vibrant and meaningful event dedicated to ...

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 ...

Patna: Patna Tamil Sangam organised a Pongal celebration here on Sunday, recreating the essence of Tamil Nadu's harvest festival for the Tamil community in the city. The event, inaugurated by N ...

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 ...

The MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government declared an additional holiday for Pongal celebrations on Saturday. Government offices, public sector undertakings, schools and colleges in the southern ...

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 ...