Pongal
poṅkalThe four-day Tamil harvest festival kept at Makar Sankranti, named for the rice-and-milk dish boiled until it overflows.
Where this term appears
- One Festival, Many Names Treatise
The sun turns north, and it is Pongal in one state and Lohri in another and Bihu in a third and a sky full of kites in a fourth.
- The Turning Toward Light Treatise
…ar at its most local and most rooted in the land. In Tamil Nadu it is Pongal , and it is four days long.