The state of Tamil Nadu has announced a five-day holiday for the schools to celebrate the wonderful festival of Pongal. This festival is important for Tamils. Pongal marks the end of winter and ...

In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Pongal is celebrated as Sankranti. The festival spans three days, with similar customs to those in Tamil Nadu, but with some variations in the celebrations.

Pongal 2025: How Andhra Pradesh celebrates the festival? In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Pongal is celebrated as Sankranti which is celebrated as a three day festival. Despite a different name ...

harvest festivals like Lohri, Makar Sankranti, and Pongal hold a special place. In Goa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Telangana, it is famously known as Makara Sankranti and Poush ...

Regional holidays are significant in Andhra Pradesh, with festivals like Ugadi (March 29th), the Telugu New Year, being one of the most important. Ugadi is widely celebrated with family gatherings ...

Kaanum Pongal marks the end of the Pongal celebrations. The word ‘kaanum’ in Tamil means ‘to visit’ and so on the day of Kaanum Pongal families hold reunions. There is also a tradition of presenting ...

Villages and towns across both the Telugu states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ... extended his greetings on the occasion of the Pongal festival. He posted on X, "Pongal is the grand festival ...

Kite flying is a major attraction, especially in states like Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Down south in Tamil Nadu, the festival is celebrated as Pongal, a four-day-long festival that pays homage ...

Pongal, a harvest festival in Tamil Nadu, lasts four days—Bhogi, Thai, Mattu, and Kaanum Pongal—celebrating a bountiful harvest with traditional rice and jaggery dish. Celebrated Bhogi along ...

The Transport department will operate nearly 22,000 buses for the Pongal festival to be celebrated ... Koyambedu and for destinations bound for Andhra Pradesh the buses would be operated from ...

In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Pongal is celebrated as Sankranti which is celebrated as a three day festival. Despite a different name, the festival rituals bear resemblance with that of Tamil Nadu.