Students, faculty and officials turned cooks at colleges and offices as they lit fire and cooked pongal to usher in the harvest festival. They went dressed in dhoti and saree that completed the festive mood by creating the traditional atmosphere.
Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology recently organised Pongal celebrations at its campus. A release said that the college founder-president N. Palanisamy led the celebrations. Members of college management, faculty and students participated in traditional dress in the celebrations, where pongal was cooked.
The students danced karagattam and performed poikal kuthirai .
They showcased their skills in silambam. The college had organised rangoli for students and members of the public as well. Around 40 teams participated in the event.
At the SNR Sons Charitable Trust-run institutions the scene was no different. The boys and girls dressed in traditional attire celebrated Pongal by cooking pongal at their institution.
Sri Krishna Arts and Science College celebrated Pongal by sharing the joy with have-nots.
In a release the College said that students, who are members of National Service Scheme, introduced the ‘Oru pidi arisi thittam’ among students, who everyday took a handful of rice to the college to be stored and then distributed to a social service organisation.
This year, the students donated 450 kg rice to Cheshire Home.
The Catering Science and Hotel Management students cooked pongal as part of the celebration.
Srishti, the literary club of Amrita University led the Pongal celebrations in the campus.
A release said that the club had organised the event as ‘Vasantham 15’ in reverence to Mother Nature. The students cooked pongal at the campus.
They also organised events like silambattam, kolam drawing, and tug-of-war. In the three-day celebrations, the second day saw students thronging specially set up food stalls and towards mehendi artists. They also organised literary competitions.
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University organised Pongal celebrations at Kaliyapuram – an event that saw the participation of students of Banaras Hindu University, Assam University and Cornell University, U.S.A.
A release said that students from the Cornell University joined the farm women in the village in celebrating the harvest festival.
The residents had organised pot-breaking, silambattam and a few martial arts demonstration. The students from the three institutions joined villagers in dancing kummiattam. Faculty from the university also participated.
Students of Sankara College of Science and Commerce and Sankara Polytechnic College took out a procession in traditional attire from the college premises to celebrate Pongal.
Along with the faculty, they then cooked pongal in the campus. The management had organised traditional games. Students from different faiths and tradition also participated.
Officials of the Airports Authority of India, Central Industrial Security Force, other regulatory agencies and passengers took part in the Pongal celebration organised by the terminal management at the Coimbatore International Airport on Thursday.
Seventeen convicts in the Open Prison at Singanallur made arrangements for the Pongal celebration on the premises.
They decorated the 32 cows and 60 goats at the prison, prepared sweet Pongal for the animals and offered prayers during the celebration on Friday.
Assistant jailor V. Nagarajan, chief head warden A. Sivaguru and other prison staff took part in the Pongal celebration.
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University organised Pongal celebrations at Kaliyapuram
