Pongal (festival)
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Pongal is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils. The festival is celebrated over three or four consecutive days, which are named Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal, b
Pongal dish cooked for the occasion of the festival
Pongal offering to Gods
Pongal in earthern pot
A traditional kolam depicting a cow on Mattu Pongal
Tamils
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The Tamils, also known by their demonym Tamilar, are a Dravidian ethnic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. Tam
Pongal (festival)
…Pongal is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils. The festival is celebrated over three or four consecutive days, which are named Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal, beginning on the…
Tamils celebrating Pongal festival
Tamilakam during Sangam period
Rock cut monuments in Mahabalipuram built by the Pallavas in 7th-8th century CE
Painting of Madras with Fort St. George by Jan Van Ryne (1754)