On Pongal, Tamil families perform traditional rituals ... “In most communities, only one pot of pongal is prepared per household.

Pongal, Tamil Nadu's cherished harvest festival ... Fresh turmeric, tied to the Pongal pot, represents courage and sacrifice with its vibrant hue and healing properties. Sesame seeds, believed to ...

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.

On 18 January 2025, the Nottingham Tamil Kuzhumam (RCN 1205049) – NTK orchestrated a spectacular Pongal ( harvest ) festival at Cotgrave Social Welfare Centre, bringing together over 75 families in a ...

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 ...

Pongal is a four-day festival that is celebrated in the Southern state of Tamil Nadu. This is a festival ... Every house cooks a pot of fresh rice with milk at an auspicious time.

It marks the beginning of the Tamil month of Thai and falls ... Uri Adithal (breaking a hanging mud pot, blindfolded), and Kabaddi (a team sport). Pongal Mela, or fairs, exhibit and sell sarees ...

Malaysian Hindus will celebrate Pongal, the harvest festival, on Tuesday (Jan 14), a tradition that expresses gratitude for a bountiful harvest while seeking blessings for prosperity. Hindu Sangam ...

The Staten Island Tamil community celebrates the annual Pongal festival this week with ... members of the Hindu temple will congregate with a Pot Pangal service outside of the Hindu temple at ...

“In most communities, only one pot of pongal is prepared ... in Telugu and ‘pongaradu’ in Tamil, both meaning “to boil”. Notes on Pongal from ‘Hindu feasts, fasts and ceremonies ...

"This year, Pongal falls in the Krodhi year, on the first day of the Tamil month of Thai (Jan 14 ... by preparing the Pongal dish in a new clay pot. "The milk is allowed to boil over as families ...