Pongal Explained: How A Word Came To Define Both A Festival And A Feast
Here’s a question that’ll make you pause mid-sip of your filter coffee: when someone says “Pongal,” what comes to mind first? The sweet, ghee-drenched rice dish that melts in your mouth, or the four-day harvest festival that lights up Tamil Nadu every January? And more importantly, which one actually came first? It’s the classic chicken-and-egg…