Indian Harvesting festival- PONGAL பொங்கல்- in Tamil Nadu....and Birth day celebration of Brigadier-General John Pennycuick, founder/investor of Mullaiperiyar Dam... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pennycuick_(British_engineer) http://www.pongalfestival.org/the-harvest-festival.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Pongal