Instilling the spirit of Ponggal

To another year of abundance: Thaneswari Balakrishnan (right) stirring the clay pot filled with the sweet rice ingredients as her family looks on during the Pongal celebration at the Sri Maha Muneswarar Temple in Brickfields. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Loud cheers rang through the school when the rice in the earthen pots started to boil and overflow.

For those celebrating Ponggal, it symbolised abundance and the overflowing of goodness and success.