Pongal Festival Photos
EditEvery agrarian society has their unique traditions to pay thanks to God, the Earth and nature for a good harvest. In Tamil culture this thanksgiving is celebrated as Pongal - the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu.
Here is a gallery of Pongal festival photos showing Pongal celebration, preparation of sweet pongal, Jallikkettu etc... Pongal coincides with the more popular harvest festival of Makar Sankranti which is celebrated throughout Indian.
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People buy festival foods for Pongal Festival in a market at the Little India in Singapore.
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School children dressed up in traditional attire participate in Pongal celebrations in Chennai.
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School children dressed up in traditional attire participate in Pongal celebrations.
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People during Pongal celebrations in Chennai.
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School children dressed up in traditional attire participate in Pongal celebrations in Chennai.
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Women perform rituals during Pongal celebrations in Chennai.
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Women perform rituals during Pongal celebrations.
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Sweet pongal being cooked inside earthen pots on brick stoves on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
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Women prepare sweet pongal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
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Sweet pongal being cooked inside earthen pots on brick stoves on the occasion of Makar Sankranti
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Sweet pongal being cooked inside earthen pots on brick stoves on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
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Women prepare sweet pongal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
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Women prepare Pongal - a rice dish, during 'Sankranti Sambrama'.
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People thring Chennai's Marina beach on Kaanum Pongal.
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People give bath to their cattle at Marina Beach on Maattu Pongal in Chennai.
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Women busy making sweet pongal on during a programme organised to celebrate Pongal in Bengaluru
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Women busy making sweet pongal on during a programme organised to celebrate Pongal.
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Young boys celebrate Bhogi festival - the first day of Pongal.
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Sugarcanes arrive at Chennai market ahead of Pongal.
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Women celebrate `Pongal` in Bengaluru.
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