Celebrate Ratha Saptami 2025 with traditional dishes like Payasam, Pongal, and more. Discover auspicious foods that bring ...

Chewing on sugar cane, digging into delicious sweet pongal, and catching a Test at Chepauk were all part of January festivities in the Madras of yore. The Pongal Test was very much part of the ...

Pongal festival is named after a traditional sweet dish Pongal ("boiling over") which is made with rice boiled in milk with jaggery. First, it is offered to gods and goddesses and then enjoyed by ...

with Pongal (a sweet rice dish) being the highlight of the festivities. (Freepik) Mattu Pongal is the third day of the Pongal festival, a time when people offer thanks to the animals that play a ...

Clad in their new traditional outfits, residents prepared Pongal in makeshift stoves set up in their front yards or on terraces. The sweet Pongal as well as the ‘venpongal' were placed on banana ...

Happy Pongal everyone!! Wish you joy, prosperity, and sweet moments. Thank you for your continued love and support! Enjoy the celebrations!' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rashmika Mandanna/Instagram ...

Traditional foods such as betel leaves, nuts, coloured rice, turmeric, and sugarcane are commonly consumed. Leftovers from sweet Pongal are also enjoyed. One key ritual of the festival involves ...

Heat the ghee in a pan, add the jaggery, and stir until it melts into a smooth syrup. Mix the roasted sesame seeds into the melted jaggery. While warm, shape the mixture into small ladoos. Let them ...

Happy Thai Pongal to you and your family!” Share vibrant images of sugarcane, pots brimming with sweet Pongal, and colorful kolams (rangolis). Animated GIFs of Pongal pots overflowing symbolize ...

Betel leaves, nuts, coloured rice, turmeric, and sugarcanes are commonly consumed. Leftovers from sweet pongal are also enjoyed on this day. One of the main rituals involves placing rice on a ...

Leftovers from sweet Pongal are also enjoyed. One key ritual of the festival involves placing rice on a turmeric leaf. Women gather in courtyards to pray for their family's welfare, fostering ...