School Holidays 2025: Several states in India have begun declaring holidays for Makar Sankranti and Pongal. Schools in some regions will have a four-day holiday while others will have five- day ...

Tis the season of harvest festivals, and as Pongal begins today ... The half saree is known as langa voni in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and pattu pavadai dhavani in Tamil Nadu.

Pongal 2025: How Andhra Pradesh celebrates the festival? In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Pongal is celebrated as Sankranti which is celebrated as a three day festival. Despite a different name ...

Bhogi is celebrated on the first day of the four-day Pongal festival, one of the prominent harvest festivals in the country.

This unique event revolves around the Sanjeevaraya Swamy temple, where men take centrestage in offering prayers and preparing a traditional dish, Pongal, for the presiding deity. Men, irrespective ...

“If the election had been announced after Pongal, business would have been normal,” said another trader V. Murugesan. Traders from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana were ...

Chennai: The transport department will operate a record 14,104 buses from Chennai to different places across the state to manage the increased travel demand during the Pongal festive week.