Pongal harvest festival

The way for new opportunities or bringing new hopes to our lives: the essence of Thai Pongal, and what better way to spend it at MLH when they celebrated Thai Pongal with all its glory.

GM Anura Dewapura says they celebrate iconic traditions in all its glory all the time. The same way they celebrate Ifthar, Christmas, St Lucias Day and Deepavali they believe Thai Pongal should be celebrated too.

Thai Pongal is traditionally dedicated to the Sun God. The harvest festival of Pongal symbolizes the veneration of the first fruit. The crop is harvested only after a certain time of the year, and cutting the crop before that time is strictly prohibited.

Pongal was originally a festival for the farming community; today it is celebrated by all. Families gather to rejoice and share their joy and their harvests with others. The Sun is offered a "Pongal" of rice and milk. And indeed The Kolam is much more than just an aesthetic art and indeed MLH had it all.