Greetings_and_Celebrations

Pongal Celebrations

Pongal is an annual celebration of harvest usually falls on 14th or 15th of January dedicated to nature, sun and bulls. It’s also a state ancient festival of Tamil Nadu. It also celebrated as Makara Sankranti in many states of India. Pongal is also the dish name made with a mixture of boiled sweet rice and it’s derived from the tamil word “Pongu”, which means “to boil over”. This year the Pongal was celebrated across regions in Tamil Nadu and Kerala as follows.

S.No	Regions	Heritage Walk	Pongal Vizha
1	Cuddalore	Vadalur, Kullanchavadi	Vadalur
2	Dindugal	Virupakshi, Kallimandhayam	Virupakshi, Kallimandayam
3	Gundar M & L	-	Mudukulathur
4	Gundar Upper	S.Narikudi, T.Kallupatti	S.Narikudi, T.Kallupatti
5	Kanchipuram	Thirukalukundram	Thirukalukundram
6	Madurai Rural	Keelavalavu	Keelavalavu
7	Madurai Urban	Madakkulam	Madakkulam
8	Madurai RFDP	-	Thirumangalam
9	Nagapattinam	Sikkal, Nagai	Sirkazhi
10	Pambar VF	Thamarakki Village, Sivaganga	Thamarakki Village, Sivaganga
11	Pambar RFDP	-	-
12	Thanjavur	Kallapermbur, Thanjavur	Kallapermbur, Thanjavur
13	Theni	Veerapandi, Chinnamanur	Veerapandi, Chinnamanur
14	Ramanad KF	Kamuthi Fort	Kamuthi Fort
15	Tuticorin	Vettuvan Kovil, Kazhugumalai	Vettuvan Kovil, Kazhugumalai
16	Vellore	Patchur	Nattrampalli
17	Idukki	Anjuruly	Peermade
18	Point Calimere	Kovilur, Muthupettai	Kovilur, Muthupettai
19	Salem	Elanthavari, Thalaivasal	Attur
20	Thiruvallur	Thiruvalangadu	Nemili, Thiruvalangadu
21	Hills Region	Anchetty	Anchetty

Pongal celebration brings our staff and community together. The event was celebrated with the traditional Pongal cooking and making competitions like millet cooking recipe competition, rangoli competition, tug war, pot breaking, lemon in the spoon, children’s running race etc.,

Centre for Heritage and Development Tourism of DHAN Foundation facilitated the Pongal celebrations across the regions through its regional Heritage nodal.

Madurai Pongal Video 1

Madurai Pongal Video 2

Kanchipuram Pongal