Thai Pongal or Pongal is a thanksgiving or harvest festival celebrated in south India at the end harvest season. It is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Tamilians in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Territory of Pondicerry and Sri Lanka. Pongal marks the beginning of the northward journey movement traditionally referred to as uttarayana. It concides with the festival Makara sankranthi celebrated throughout India as the winter harvest, and is usually held from January 13-16 in the Gregorian calendar i.e. from the last day of the Tamil Month Maargazhi to the third day of Thai. The second of the four days or the first day of the month Thai is the main day of the festival which is known as Pongal or Thai Pongal. This also represents the Indic solstice when the sun purportedly enters the 10th house of the Indian zodiac i.e. Makar or Capricorn.
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