Pongal celebrations in Chennai
1,306 views · Published 14 January 2014 · 2:18 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: DD News · 2014 · News & Politics
Pongal is celebrated in India, especially in the Tamil land as an agricultural and a harvest festival. The festival marks the end of the chilly winters and when the Uttarayan commences. This entails that the sun begins its move towards the north. It is more commonly referred to as Uttarayan Punyakalam, which is a very auspicious occasion. If you go by the Tamil calendar, it is celebrated for four days, the first of the four being the last day of the Margazhi or Margashish month, which falls on December-January. It ends with the third day of the Thai, which falls on January-February. So if you follow the Gregorian calendar, Pongal falls around the 12-15 of January.
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