Pongal
January 14 - WEDNESDAY
Observance: Restricted Holiday Holiday (India)
"Tamil Nadu's vibrant harvest festival thanking the Sun God for agricultural abundance."
A four-day Tamil harvest festival celebrated with traditional rice dishes, decorated homes, and cattle worship.
Traditions:
- Cooking Pongal (sweet rice dish) in earthen pots decorated with sugarcane and turmeric
- Drawing colorful kolam (rangoli) patterns at home entrances
- Decorating and worshipping cattle with painted horns and garlands
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Fun Fact:
The word 'Pongal' means 'to boil over' and symbolizes prosperity and abundance overflowing.