It is dedicated to the Hindu #Sun god, the Surya, and corresponds to #MakarSankranti, the #harves…
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It is dedicated to the Hindu #Sun god, the Surya, and corresponds to #MakarSankranti, the #harvest festival under many regional names celebrated throughout India. ... The three days of the Pongal festival are called #Bhogi Pongal, #Surya Pongal and #Maattu Pongal.
Pongal or #Huggi is a popular South Indian #Rice dish. In Tamil "pongal" means "bubbling up". In Telugu and Kannada, pongali is a dish of rice mixed with boiled milk and sugar. Huggi is derived from the Old Kannada word Puggi meaning "bubbled up, ballooned".
