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

The cooked rice is then used to make a dish called Pongal which includes sugar and dal. There are different varieties of Pongal that are made and these include venpongal and chakra Pongal.

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 ...

Cattle are also fed special treats like sweet Pongal a rice dish made with jaggery, sugar, and ghee, which is considered a symbolic offering to the animals for their hard work. Bullock cart races ...

The traditional Thai Pongal festival, a celebration of the harvest, was observed at the Prime Minister’s Office on January 14 under the auspices of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasooriya. The event ...