Sweet yield: Gokulan (in purple) helping K. Palani, (first from left) his wife Edwina Anne Edwind, and son P. Lokkish, pick sugarcanes, at Little India, George Town. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: Last-minute shopping for Ponggal is a must for those aiming to score fresher sugarcane, mango and turmeric leaves, while others usually have a few more items to tick off their list.
In Little India here, families were seen dashing between stalls and shops to buy the usual necessities –milk, brown sugar, a claypot and most importantly, sugarcane.
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