THAI PONGAL is a vibrant celebration of harvest and renewal, celebrated with distinctive customs by Tamil communities worldwide. In Sri Lanka, the festival takes on unique characteristics ...

Canada's Tamil community is getting ready to celebrate the four-day harvest festival known as Thai Pongal. And that's led Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to issue a statement marking the occasion ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka - January 14, 2025 Tamil Hindu devotees and priests in Colombo prepared a traditional rice dish known as 'Pongal' on Tuesday in celebration of the Thai Pongal Hindu festival.

Hindus turned out in numbers this morning in Pettah to purchase goods in anticipation of tomorrow's Thai Pongal festival celebration. Pix by Nisal Baduge ...

Pongal is also known as Thai Pongal as it marks the beginning of the Tamil month Thai. The day is considered auspicious and is celebrated with much enthusiasm. Mrs. Remadevi Dhanasekar explains ...

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The festival is celebrated over a period of four days with the second day being celebrated as Thai Pongal. On this day, devotees wake up early in the morning and prepare an elaborate meal.

Colombo, January 13 (Daily Mirror) - Although Hindu devotees traditionally celebrated the Thai Pongal festival during previous years by preparing Pongal rice with red rice, this year they have to ...