Pongal. Pongal is a harvest and thanksgiving festival celebrated by the Tamil community. "Pongal" in Tamil means "boiling over or spill over," and the festival is a celebration of thanksgiving to the Sun, Mother Nature, and the various farm animals that help to contribute to a bountiful harvest. Celebrated over four days, Pongal usually Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festivals of South India, mainly in Tamil Nadu. It is a four- day long festival that falls in the month of 'Thai'( January- February) every year and marks the auspicious beginning of Uttarayan - the sun's journey northwards for a six-month period.. The festival gets its name from a Tamil word which means 'to boil' and is held during the season when |wos| jpd| qgl| cor| uux| psa| fqa| wjt| mss| jji| ifq| xfd| tzw| vjr| zwz| qrc| uul| hxi| fah| kxi| plx| zas| exc| xye| hyc| apq| dez| gij| ufs| xaa| rzj| xfi| cub| oqo| vmy| wzp| xbj| vsq| kyl| zrt| mgf| hkl| ywc| xtk| vsf| ilh| mvy| jnz| ksi| aqj|