Sūrya Narāyaṇa — at Pongal

Hindu / Tamil - Location: Across Tamil Nadu (household), Multiple, Tamil Nadu (0.0°N, 0.0°E) Pongal (January 14) is Tamil Nadu's harvest festival, when the sun transits into Capricorn (Makara Saṅkrānti). The Tamil Bhogi-Pongal-Māṭṭu-Kāṇum sequence honors: Indra/Bhogi (day 1), Sūrya (day 2), Nandi/cattle (day 3), community relatives (day 4). The Sūrya Pongal day involves cooking sweet rice (chakkarai pongal) in an open courtyard, letting it overflow (the overflow is the blessi