Tag: Pongal

Include Pongal in central holiday list: Panneerselvam

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Tuesday urged the central government to include Pongal festival in the central government lists of compulsory and also "additional" holidays. Besides a compulsory holiday, an additional day for Pongal, the harvest festival, may also be included in the list of 12 "additional" holidays so that a holiday dedicated to …

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January 10, 2017

Pongal: All about the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu

Pongal is a four-day harvest festival of Tamil Nadu which commences from the last day of Tamil month Margazhi. Crops like rice, sugarcane, turmeric etc are harvested during this month. The term ‘Pongal’ in Tamil means “to boil” and it is the only Hindu festival which follows a solar calendar. In this four-day festival, special …

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January 10, 2017