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Pongal festival is on January 15, 2008.
Pongal is a highly revered festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu to mark the harvesting season. An important festival in India, Pongal is celebrated by offering prayers to the Sun God. Pongal gifts are exchanged among family members, relatives and friends. Houses are cleaned, and all maintenance jobs are done before this festival. Held in the middle of January, it is a time when the people of Tamil Nadu get ready to thank God, Earth and their cattle for the wonderful harvest they have reaped. During the four-day pongal festival, different varieties of Rangoli are drawn in front of the houses early in the morning. Apart from exchanging Pongal gifts, this festival also sees people exchanging lot of Pongal cards also.
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Pongal Festival |
| Pongal Festival : Pongal festival spans over four days period. Each of these days hold a significance of its own. |
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| Harvest Festival |
The spirit of Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, is celebrated on January 14th every year coinciding with Makar Sankranti in the North, Lohri in Punjab, Bhogali Bihu in Assam and Bhogi of Andhra Pradesh.
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Pongal in
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| Pongal has its unique regional significance. The festival of Pongal is celebrated all over India on the same day, but has different names in each region. |
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| Pongal Kolam |
| With the arrival of Pongal roads, lanes and by-lanes of South India present a riot of colors, with elaborate Kolam drawn using white and colored powders in front of houses, shops and offices. |
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