Pongal(otherwise known as Thai pongal), a key harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu and other parts of South India, marks ...

Bhogi, a festival marking the beginning of the harvest season, is celebrated in Maharashtra a day before Makar Sankranti. This auspicious day holds immense cultural and spiritual significance, as ...

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Let us delve deeper into the four days of Pongal. The first day of Pongal, celebrated as Bhogi Pongal, is a day of renewal and cleansing. Homes are cleaned, old belongings are discarded ...

Tamil Nadu has declared a five-day holiday from January 14, 2025, to January 18, 2025. This holiday will give time for ...

As Bhogi approaches, a day traditionally marked by burning old belongings to make way for new beginnings, concerns about the environmental impact of this ritual have surfaced. Burning items leads ...

Chennai: Anticipating poor visibility on the day of Bhogi celebrations due to burning of waste and tyres, airlines have rescheduled arrival and departure of their early morning flights at Chennai ...

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has appealed to the members of the public to celebrate the Bhogi festival, falling on January 13 without burning plastic materials and ...

District Collector Kranti Kumar Pati has asked the public to refrain from burning old things on Bhogi, i.e., on Monday. The practice of burning old things such as furniture and old tyres in the ...

Southern India is preparing for the lively harvest festival of Pongal, with key states announcing school holidays to allow families to celebrate.