Thai Pongal

The harvest festival on the first day of Thai, when the Sun enters Makaram. Pongal — rice boiled with milk and jaggery — is cooked until it overflows, symbolising abundance, and offered to the Sun.

Bhogi comes the day before, Mattu Pongal (for cattle) and Kaanum Pongal follow.

Spiritual guides

• Amavasya — ancestors' day guide
• Ekadashi Viratham — complete guide
• Deepavali
• Karthigai Deepam
• Navaratri
• Maha Shivaratri
• Vinayaka Chaturthi
• Ganapathi Pooja
• Lakshmi Pooja
• Navagraha Pooja
• Pournami Viratham — complete guide
• Pradosham — complete guide
• Sankatahara Chaturthi — complete guide
• Satyanarayana Pooja
• Shashti Viratham — complete guide
• Viratha Murai