Pongal | The harvest festival

Pongal is a harvest festival event celebrated by Tamils across the world. Pongal festival coincides with the festival Makar Sankranthi celebrated in various parts of India. Pongal in Tamil means "boiling over or spill over." The act of boiling over of milk in the clay pot is considered to denote future wishes for the family.
Pongal is the one of the biggest festival in Tamilnadu. There will be 3 or 4 days continuous holidays announced by state government.People send pongal greetings,pongal sms, pongal pictures to friends and relatives in this pongal 2010 .