HINDUS thronged various temples here to observe the annual Ponggal festival which marked the beginning of Thai, an auspicious month in the Hindu calendar.
Celebrated over three days, Ponggal is also known as the harvest or thanksgiving festival where devotees pay homage to God, the sun, the earth and cattle as gratitude for a bountiful harvest.
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