Colorful dancers twirled and dipped on the stage at Hopkins High School while the halls filled with the language of Tamil on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The popular Alanganallur jallikattu is the grand finale of the three-day bull taming sport held in Madurai and certain other parts of Tamil Nadu as part of the Pongal festival. Both the bulls and ...

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 ...

Kaanum Pongal marks the end of the Pongal celebrations. The word ‘kaanum’ in Tamil means ‘to visit’ and so on the day of Kaanum Pongal families hold reunions. There is also a tradition of presenting ...