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The Nazca lived between 100 B.C. and A.D. 800 in what scientists call a tropical desert. Yet just offshore, the sea teemed ...
At the Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle in New York in early June, Jonathan Adler, the potter and founder of ...
Pongal 2025 will be celebrated from January 14 to 17, marking the four-day harvest festival to honour the Sun and nature. The Pongal 2025 date signifies the start of the Tamil month Thai, with ...
The festival commenced with families assembling outdoors, embracing the age-old tradition of cooking the Pongal dish in clay pots using rice, milk, and palm sugar. As the milk bubbled and overflowed—a ...
Staten Island's Tamil community celebrated the 10th annual Harvest Festival with traditional Pongal rituals, cultural performances, and a communal feast, highlighting gratitude and unity.
Swiggy Instamart introduced an interactive Pongal pot installation at Express Avenue Mall in Chennai from January 14 to 17, 2025. The life-sized installation blends the Pongal tradition of ...
John, a 69-year-old from Chicago, embraced Tamil traditions during Pongal in Tirunelveli, witnessing the festive spirit, cooking rituals, and the deep cultural significance of the harvest festival.
Venn pongal is a savory version cooked with peppercorns, curry leaves, and ghee, while Sakkarai pongal is a sweet dish made with jaggery, nuts, and milk, offered to the Sun God. Traditionally, these ...
C Clay Pots: Traditional earthen pots used to prepare Pongal dishes. In Sri Lanka, these pots are decorated with turmeric leaves and banana leaf garlands, reflecting a unique regional touch. Coconut: ...
Pongal 2025: All You Need To Know About Day 2 Of Tamil Nadu's Harvest Festival Surya Pongal, or Thai Pongal, is the second day of the Pongal festival, dedicated to honouring the Sun God Surya ...
KUALA SELANGOR: During Pongal, the harvest festival celebrated by the Tamil community today, one tradition preserved across generations is the use of a brand-new clay pot to prepare pongal, a ...
Image: Shutterstock Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, is a time to celebrate the year’s agricultural produce and the hard work of farmers in bringing it to the table. What better way to ...