Pongal

Jallikattu, manjuvirattu events leave seven dead, scores injured in Tamil Nadu

January 17, 2025 10:48 pm

Two spectators were gored to death and 148 persons including bull owners, and tamers were injured in four separate jallikattu events in Tiruchirappalli, Karur, and Pudukottai districts.

Understanding the different types of pongal and their significance

January 14, 2025 5:49 pm

While vadai, appam, and other South Indian staples can also be made on the occasion, it is customary to make venn pongal and sakkarai pongal.

Knowledge nugget of the day: Uttarayan, Solstices and Equinox

January 27, 2025 7:42 pm

Makar Sankranti marks the Uttarayan—warmer months are close, and we are moving away from winter. What is Uttarayan? What do the terms equinox and solstice mean? Here's what you must know. 

Happy Pongal 2025: Wishes, Images, WhatsApp status, Messages, Quotes and greetings, cards to share this Pongal

January 14, 2025 8:22 am

Happy Pongal 2025 Wishes Images, Status, Quotes, Messages, Photos: Share the joy and love this Pongal by sharing these best wishes, images and greetings and share them on your WhatsApp and Facebook status as well!

Happy Pongal 2025: Wishes, Images, Status, Quotes, Messages, Greetings Card, and Photos to share

January 14, 2025 6:08 am

Happy Pongal 2025 Wishes Images, Quotes, Status, Messages, Greetings Card, Photos, Pics: Share the joy of the Pongal festival by sharing these cards and wishes with your friends and family!

Pongal 2025: Know the dates, time, origin, significance, and rituals of the four-day harvest festival

January 13, 2025 12:49 pm

Pongal 2025: This year, the Pongal festivities will begin on January 14, 2025, i.e., Tuesday, and end on January 17, 2025, i.e., Friday.

Pongal Kolam Rangoli Designs 2025 Images and Photos: 10 Latest and Beautiful designs to mark the harvest festival

January 14, 2025 6:09 am

Pongal Kolam Rangoli Designs 2025 Photos and Images: Kolam is a type of rangoli, a famous folk craft made in homes across India on significant occasions; here are 10 beautiful designs to take inspiration from.

From Lohri to Pongal: Exploring India’s harvest festivals through food

January 24, 2025 12:31 pm

While the shared traditions of Lohri, Makar Sankranti, and Pongal prove India’s inclusive spirit, culinary traditions vary depending on the region.

Reschedule UGC NET January exam due to Pongal: TN CM Stalin

January 09, 2025 9:23 am

Stalin argued that it would cause difficulty to a large number of aspirants if the proposed exams were conducted during the Pongal holidays.

When is Pongal 2025: Know the dates of four-day harvest festival

January 07, 2025 11:45 am

Pongal 2025 Date: Homes are decorated with rangoli (colourful patterns), and the traditional Pongal dish, made from newly harvested rice, is offered to the Sun God.

Pongal 2023: Jr NTR, Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan wish fans on the harvest festival

January 16, 2023 4:10 pm

How did you celebrate the harvest festival this year?

In pictures: How Bengaluru celebrated Pongal and Makar Sankranti 2022

January 17, 2022 7:42 pm

Take a look at how the people of Bengaluru celebrated the harvest festivals of Makar Sankranti and Pongal.

Pongal 2020: Members of the Tamil community celebrate Pongal at Dharavi in Mumbai

January 15, 2020 8:43 pm

Pongal 2020: Also known as Thai Pongal, the festival is celebrated with a ritualistic event of boiling freshly harvested rice with fresh milk and jaggery in a new clay pot.

Pongal Kolam Rangoli Designs 2020 Images: Amazing and simple rangoli designs for Pongal

January 14, 2020 2:04 pm

Check out these easy and beautiful designs for Pongal Kolam.

Happy Pongal 2020: Celebrate Pongal with these special messages, wishes

January 14, 2020 9:28 am

Pongal 2020 wishes: What makes Pongal more special is the gathering of friends and family for the joyous celebrations. To help you wish your loved ones thoughtfully, we have compiled here a list of messages, greetings and SMS. Happy Pongal!

Happy Pongal Images 2019: Here's how people across India are celebrating the festival

January 17, 2019 7:02 am

This year, Pongal will start from Tuesday, January 15 and will continue till Friday, January 18. The festival coincides with another harvest festival Makar Sankranti which is primarily celebrated in North India.

Makar Sankranti and Pongal 2018: How people across India are celebrating the festivals

January 15, 2018 4:53 pm

The year has just began and with that a string of festivals have also started. People in different parts of the country are busy celebrating Makar Sankranti and Pongal, marking the onset of spring and the harvest season.

Pongal 2018: Beautiful Kolam and Rangoli designs to decorate during Pongal festivities

January 14, 2018 10:09 am

Celebrate Pongal with these colourful and creative Kolam (Rangoli) designs at your doorstep. Take inspiration from our compilation and bring the brightness of these colours to your home this festival.

Happy Pongal: Colourful rangolis, bonfires and cultural programmes mark three-day harvest festival

January 15, 2016 3:43 pm

Colourful rangolis, bonfires and cultural programmes marked the Pongal celebrations, the three-day harvest festival of the Telugu community.

Usher in the harvest season with these Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Bihu recipes

January 14, 2016 11:46 am

This is the month when the sound of til gud ghya, god god bola will resonate in every Maharashtrian home and every family in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and the northern plains of India will stuff their mouth full with several dishes combining sesame seeds and/or jaggery. How many combinations of these can there possibly be in one country? Lots. Here are a few to inspire the cook in you, and excite the foodies in your family.

DMK, AIADMK Slam Centre For Reportedly Making Pongal A ‘Restricted’ Holiday

June 22, 2020 7:14 pm

Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam, Actor Kamal Haasan In Favour Of Lifting Jallikattu Ban

June 22, 2020 7:14 pm

South India celebrates Pongal with great fervour

January 14, 2016 12:48 pm

Madurai, Chennai, Jan 14 (ANI): Tamil Nadu celebrated the harvest festival of Pongal with great zeal and fervor on Thursday. People worshipped local Gods and offered sugarcane and observed fast among other forms of celebrations like cooking mush, porridge, curd rice, poli, payasam etc. Educational institutions in the state held special programmes on the occasion. Dressed in traditional wear, college students in Madurai city prepared beautiful patterns with powdered colours, apart from cooking porridge and other delicacies on the festival. Meanwhile, sugarcane markets remained abuzz in capital Chennai city as people thronged the markets to buy the festival essential.

Amit Shah celebrates Makar Sankranti

January 14, 2016 10:08 am

Ahmedabad, Jan 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Thursday celebrated Makar Sankranti and flew kites on the occasion. Makar Sankranti is a harvest festival celebrated over India and Nepal on the joy of getting new crops for farmers. Makar Sankranti is observed with various names in different regions of India; Pongal in Tamil, Lohri in Punjab, Uttarayan in Gujarat.

Pilgrims take holy dip at Triveni Sangam

January 13, 2016 5:56 am

Allahabad, Jan 13 (ANI): Ahead of Makar Sankranti, a large numbers of pilgrims have started taking holy dips at the Triveni Sangam in Allahabad since early Wednesday morning. Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious festivals celebrated with tartness on 14th January every year across India. Makar Sankranti is observed with various names in different regions of India, Pongal in Tamil, Lohri in Punjab, Uttarayan in Gujrat, Maghi and Khichdi are some other names of the same festival.