In Korea, meaning of ‘Chu Suk’ is best described as ‘Bountiful Abundance’. During this festival, all Koreans are very carefree, happy and joyful...
Pongal Festival
India is mainly land of agriculture so the harvest festival is observed. Festival is celebrated in different regions, under different names, with different...
‘Pongal’ in Europe: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark: Britain has over 300,000 Tamils. France has over 60,000 Tamils from Pondicherry...
‘Pongal’ In Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji: Australia has a population of over 18 million. There are about 30,000 Tamils spread over six states...
‘Pongal’ in the Gulf: Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait: Bahrain is home for over 7,000 Tamils who are mostly professionals and workers. Qatar...
Pongal in South East Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and others. Since Tamils live in different countries of South East Asia, ‘Pongal’ festival...
Harvest festival, ‘Pongal’, is celebrated with enthusiasm by all Indians living all over the World. Tamils living abroad practise their cultural values...
‘Hadaga’ festival of Maharashtra is for praying for good monsoon hence abundant harvest. Since God Indra is god of rain, people sing to Indra hoping for rain...
‘Bhogi’ on first day of four days long ‘Pongal’ festival is called ‘Poki’ by many. On this day, people worship Lord Indra, Hindu mythological God of Rain...
‘Thai Pongal’ is celebrated on first day of ‘Thai’ month of Tamil calendar. This day is usually between 12th and 15th of January in Gregorian or Christian...
