On the third day of the harvest festival in Tamil Nadu – also known as Mattu Pongal – cattle, specifically bulls, are honoured for their contribution in ploughing the fields, that helps ...

Suriya’s upcoming project Vaadivaasal has been in the works for quite some time. Recently, Kalaippuli S. Thanu shared a photo on social media in which the Kanguva actor and director Vetrimaaran ...

Prior to Thai Pongal, the home and surroundings are cleaned and on the day following Thai Pongal, there is Mattu Pongal, symbolizing the farmer’s debt to his animals that helped him to work his fields ...

Today is Mattu Pongal, Bommala Nomu, Mukkanuma, Thiruvalluvar Day, Vassi Uttarayan. It is considered auspicious to read panchang daily. Panchang gives you an overview of muhurat and other auspicious ...

Main part of the festivities on the second day is the making of pongal, rice cooked with jaggery. Mattu Pongal, celebrated on third day, involves worshipping of cattle. Jallikattu events are ...

where a sweet rice dish (Pongal) is prepared in a traditional clay pot as an offering to the Sun God, expressing gratitude for a bountiful harvest. On the third day, 'Mattu Pongal' is celebrated as a ...