Celebrated mainly in South India, particularly Tamil Nadu, Pongal is observed in the month of Thai according to the Tamil solar calendar and usually starts on January 14 or 15. The four-day festival this year starts on January 15 and will end on January 18.
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Berhampur: Jamuna Nayak, supporter of a dissident group of BJD members, was elected unopposed as chairman of the Digapahandi panchayat samiti in Ganja.