it takes several hours to make kolam owing to some intricate designs. On the day of Surya Pongal, it is important to cook the new rice. Every house cooks a pot of new rice with milk and when the ...

If you’re looking to spread festive cheer, here are ten thoughtful gift ideas for your loved ones this Pongal season: Pongal Putham (New Pot ... designed kolam (traditional floor art ...

Transgenders of Kundayiruppu celebrated their ‘thalai” (first) Pongal’ in their residential ... The transgenders eagerly participated in kolam competition, musical chair, spoon and lemon ...

To mark the celebration during Pongal, we paint our homes with beautiful Kolam designs ... Pongal is for discarding old items and welcoming new beginnings. Thai Pongal honours the Sun God with ...

Focussing on Pongal’s vibrant customs and joys, the campaign captures the essence of new beginnings and togetherness ... ground activations like rangoli (kolam) competitions, uriyadi contests ...

Also, they get involved in drawing Rangoli or Kolam (colourful decorative ... Let us celebrate the Thai Pongal Festival with ebullience and have new hopes and expectations in the New Year, to ...

On this day, people clean their homes, discard old belongings, and celebrate the arrival of new possessions ... cooking Pongal in clay pots, and lively kolam competitions. The serene landscapes ...

The festival is named after the ceremonial “Pongal”, which means “to boil” and refers to the traditional dish prepared from the new harvest of rice boiled ... or marked with pattern artwork called ...

She describes how whitewashing homes, washing vessels, purchasing new earthen stoves ... me about my first Pongal — whether I’ll cook, how I’ll dress, what kolam I’ll make,” she says.

Bhogi Pandigai, the first day of the Pongal festival in ... ensuring that they enter the new year with a clean slate. It is common to see houses decorated with kolam known as rangoli, mango ...