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IN PHOTOS | Kolam, colours, prayers: Pongal is back and with a bang!

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TIRUNELVELI: Ahead of Pongal celebrations, colourful sand (Kolam powder) is kept for sale at Thoothukudi. (Photo | V Karthikalagu, EPS)
TIRUNELVELI: Ahead of Pongal celebrations, colourful sand (Kolam powder) is kept for sale at Thoothukudi. (Photo | V Karthikalagu, EPS)
COIMBATORE: Mountain knotgrass (koorai poo) flowers to adorn the doorways during Pongal festival which arrived at Sungam bypass, Coimbatore on Friday. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)
TIRUNELVELI: Ahead of Pongal celebration harvested pumpkins are kept for sale at Thoothukudi vegetable market. (Photo | V Karthikalagu, EPS)
TIRUNELVELI: Banana bunches on sale for Pongal celebration at Thoothukudi vegetable market. (Photo | V Karthikalagu, EPS)
COIMBATORE: In view of Pongal holidays, throng at the railway station in Coimbatore on Friday. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)
TIRUCHY: Public purchasing clay pots for celebrating Pongal festival at Gandhi market in Tiruchy on Friday. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
TIRUPATI: A father and son enjoy giving baths to oxen ahead of the Sankranthi festival in Tirupati. (Photo | Madhav K, EPS)
TIRUCHY: Collector M Pradeep Kumar along with his family members and Collectorate staff celebrating at the Collectorate complex in Tiruchy on Friday. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
TIRUCHY: Collector M Pradeep Kumar along with his family members and Collectorate staff celebrating at the Collectorate complex in Tiruchy on Friday. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
Bull tamers try to tame a bull during Jallikattuat Suriyur near Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
Bull tamers try to tame a bull during Jallikattu at Palamedu near Madurai. (Photo | K K Sundar, EPS)
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