The rituals of Pongal, such as offering food to the Sun and decorating cattle, reflect this close relationship with the ...

President Anura Disanayake has called for Sri Lankans to 'embrace new perspectives, and collaborate' in his Thai Pongal ...

Pongal, celebrated on the first day of the Tamil month of Thai, aligns with other regional harvest festivals like Makar Sankranti in Eastern India, Lohri in Punjab, and Uttarayan in Gujarat.