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Pongal
The four-day harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, with a pot of new rice boiled over, a kolam at the door and new sarees.
What is worn for Pongal
Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil month of Thai, in mid January. It runs for four days: Bhogi, when old things are cleared; Thai Pongal, when the first rice of the year is boiled in a new pot until it spills over; Mattu Pongal, for the cattle; and Kaanum Pongal, for visiting relatives. Houses are painted and kolams are drawn at the door, and new clothes are worn on the main day, with women in a new saree, silk or cotton, and men in a veshti with an angavastram. Sugarcane and turmeric plants are tied to the pot.
Also part of it, and being written: Kanchipuram sari (Silk is worn on the main day of Pongal.), Madurai Sungudi (The tie-dyed cotton saree of Madurai, worn for everyday and festival wear.).
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Pongal (festival)" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.