As the Sun rose yesterday, Vavuniya devotees gathered at the Kandasamy Kovil premises to celebrate Thai Pongal, the harvest festival where they thank deities for the gift of the Sun, Mother Earth and the animals which help plough the fields. With one of the worst ever droughts still persisting, the devotees also prayed for rain. [...]

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As the Sun rose yesterday, Vavuniya devotees gathered at the Kandasamy Kovil premises to celebrate Thai Pongal, the harvest festival where they thank deities for the gift of the Sun, Mother Earth and the animals which help plough the fields. With one of the worst ever droughts still persisting, the devotees also prayed for rain.

Thanks to the Sun, with prayers for rain

 

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