Pongal is celebrated in the Tai month and is dedicated to the Lord Surya. The festival marks the movement of the Sun towards the North and also the transition of Sun from the house of Dhanu ...

Pongal, Tamil Nadu's cherished harvest festival, is a vibrant four-day-long celebration of gratitude, abundance, and togetherness. Each day brings its own unique rituals and customs, from honoring ...

Lohri, Makar Sankranti, and Pongal are important festivals celebrated ... The celebration involves praying to the Sun God (Surya Devta) and Fire god (agni dev) for agricultural prosperity and ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Hindus will celebrate Pongal, the harvest festival ... Ganesan said the festival coincides with the Sun God’s (Surya Bhagavan) astronomical transition from Sagittarius ...

The second day of Pongal, or the Surya Pongal, is dedicated to the Sun God, as the name suggests. People cook the traditional Pongal sweet dish and offer it to the deity. In most other parts of the ...

In Tamil Nadu, it’s celebrated as Pongal, a 4-day festival to express gratitude to the Sun God, Surya, Mother Nature and the cattle for blessing us with abundant harvest. A time to usher in prosperity ...

One of the key elements of the festival is the worship of the Sun God, Surya, who holds immense spiritual and cultural significance. The practice of honoring the Sun on Pongal is not only a ...

The second of the four-day Pongal festivities – known as Surya Pongal or Thai Pongal – is said to be an important day during the harvest festival. As is common to most South Indian traditions that ...

Surya Pongal honours the Sun God. Every home has a kolam at its entrance ... This ritual is considered one of the most important ones. No festival is complete without feasting. Magh Bihu is no ...