Festivals of South Asia - The Many Pongals of the Tamil People

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:17:29 +0000

Jewel-coloured saris and spotless white veshtis mingle as people bustle about in the pale grey dawn, preparing for the sunrise. Young girls and boys dressed in their best pavadais [woman’s skirt] and shirts laugh and run around gleefully. Everyone is excited to prepare a feast and welcome their honoured guest, the Sun God, or Surya Bhagavan, to whom they owe their livelihoods and indeed, their lives.