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Pongal festival_Tamil Nadu_cultural celebration

Thai Pongal (Tamil: taippongal) is a Tamil harvest festival. Thai Pongal is a four day festival which is normally celebrated from January 13 to January 16, but sometimes it is celebrated from January 14 to January 17. This corresponds to the last day of the Tamil month Maargazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai.

 

Thai Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamil people[1][2] in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry,[3][4] Sri Lanka,[5][6][7]as well as Tamilians worldwide, including those in Malaysia,[8][9] Mauritius, South Africa,[10][11] USA, Singapore,[12] Canada[13][14]and UK.[15] Makara Sankranthi corresponds toThai Pongal, the winter harvest festival celebrated throughout India.

 

 

 

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