The harvest festival of Ponggal has many interesting and unique observances


A shop in Brickfields selling items for the Ponggal festival. — SAMUEL ONG/The Star

TAMILS around the world celebrate Ponggal today to pay gratitude to the sun for without it there is no life on earth.

“But there is more to the festival than its primary aim,” said Malaysia Hindu Sangam president Datuk Mohan Shan.

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