Pongal, a harvest festival celebrated in mid-January, belongs chiefly to which state?

Tamil NaduCorrect answerYour answerKarnatakaCorrect answerYour answerKeralaCorrect answerYour answerAndhra PradeshCorrect answerYour answer

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Pongal is the Tamil harvest festival and runs over several days in mid-January.
It falls at the same point in the solar year as Makar Sankranti in the north, Magh Bihu in Assam and Lohri in Punjab.
The dish the festival is named for is boiled over until it spills, which is what pongal means.

Worth noting

Onam is the Keralan festival usually offered against it, and it falls in August or September, not January.

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