Ramakrishna Math, Nattarampalli (Tamil Nadu) celebrated Pongal (harvest festival) on 14 January 2017, with the economically & socially backward sections of that area.
The Ashrama celebrated this day by distributing a kit (containing Quality rice, jaggery, cashew nuts, turmeric powder, Kumkum, camphor, incense sticks, ghee, Dhal, sambar powder, etc.), sugar cane, and new earthen pot to nearly 105 families belonging to different backward communities, i.e. Joggier ( pig rearing community), Irrular (rats & snakes catching community) and Arundatiyar (community who braids bamboo winnows & baskets).
