Tag: Makar Shankranti

  • Pongal festival – it’s meaning and significance

    Pongal festival – it’s meaning and significance

    Pongal is celebrated the day on which the sun begins to move northwards is called ‘Makar Shankranti’. In Tamil Nadu this festival is called the Pongal or Thai Pongal. The period is referred to as Uttarayanam and is considered auspicious. Pongal is a four-day festival. The first day, Bhogi, is celebrated on the last day of…