Pongal 2022: Pongal is mainly celebrated to convey appreciation to the Sun God for a good harvest. It is celebrated by boiling the first rice of the season and corresponds with Makar Sankranti, a pan-Indian solar festival.
Hyderabad: Pongal 2022 is a festival that marks the end of the winters and the beginning of the harvest season. Pongal is celebrated in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and countries with Tamil diaspora including Sri Lanka, Mauritius, South Africa, Singapore, and Malaysia. This year, Pongal began on January 14 and will continue till January 17. The festival is one of the most important ones in the Tamil calendar and has been celebrated for over a thousand years.
As celebrations for the four-day festival swing into motion, here is a lowdown of the date, time, significance, rituals, and food of the festival. Pongal is mainly celebrated to convey appreciation to the Sun God for a good harvest. It is celebrated by boiling the first rice of the season and corresponds with Makar Sankranti, a pan-Indian solar festival. Jallikattu, a traditional bull-taming event, also takes place during Pongal.
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Rangoli can be designed using flowers, rice flour, or colors.