STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s Tamil community came together to celebrate the 10th annual Harvest Festival, also known as the Traditional Pongal. Organized by the Staten Island Tamil ...

The vibrant festival of Mattu Pongal, which marks the end of the four-day harvest festival in Tamil Nadu, is here! Celebrated with great enthusiasm, Mattu Pongal honors cattle and farm animals ...

Tamil cinema's superstar Nayanthara and filmmaker Vignesh Shivan celebrated Pongal with a spiritual visit to Kodambakkam Ayyappan Temple in Chennai. They donned traditional attire and shared ...

During the celebrations in Hindu temples and Christian churches, school material was handed out to 175 pupils from the disadvantaged Malaiyaha community. The initiative, by the Voice of Plantation ...

Actor Sivakarthikeyan delighted his fans this Pongal by introducing his newborn son Pavan through a heartfelt family photograph. The post, shared on the festive occasion, quickly went viral ...

Seven persons, mostly spectators and a bull owner, died in the jallikattu and manjuvirattu events held across Tamil Nadu on Kaanum Pongal day, police said on Friday. Two bulls too died in separate ...

MADURAI/TIRUCHY/SIVAGANGA/PUDUKKOTTAI: Seven people – six spectators and a bull owner – and two bulls died at jallikattu and manjuvirattu events held across TN on ...

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram Kalki Koechlin's new Tamil film Nesippaya is out in theatres, and she hopes it will be a part of everyone's Pongal celebrations. Gul Panag is ...

Kanni Pongal: A Celebration Rooted in Gratitude and Unity Kanni Pongal, marking the Tamil harvest festival, has grown beyond its traditional roots in Malaysia to become a symbol of cultural ...

CHENNAI: Liquor sales by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) saw a slight increase during Pongal this year and the days leading up to it, when compared to the corresponding period ...

As many as 19 children who went missing in the crowds that had gathered at the beaches of Chennai on Kaanum Pongal day on Thursday (January 16, 2025) were traced and reunited with their parents by ...

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 ...