Cows with traditional horn decoration for the hindu harvest festival , Pongal celebrations , Tamil Nadu , India

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Pongal or Sankranthi is the Hindu harvest festival. Farmers in rural India especially celebrate. People buy sugar cane and use it as offerings to Surya the sun god to thank for the harvest. Cows are decorated, their horns painted and are given the day off. They are fed Pongal a special dish to celebrate this day.

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