Sivakasi celebrates Thai Pongal

Pongal, the harvest festival, was celebrated with fervour in Sivakasi town. The colourful Rangoli and Dot kolams on the streets and houses decorated with kannupilla chedi and manjal chedi, karumbu and flowers marked the day as Sivakasians welcomed the auspicious Tamil month of "Thai". Karumbu sold out for Rs.50/- per karumbu. Kanupilla chedi priced Rs.15/-. Sivakasians exchanged greetings with friends and relatives and distributed pongal. On 14th January 2022, at evening Sivakasi town received moderate rain for 20 minutes. However the nearby areas didn't receive rainfall. In Sivakasi many households celebrated Pongal, but many shops, commercial establishments remained closed, for three days. Due to corona pandemic temples were closed.