Dharmendra Pradhan celebrates Pongal at IIT Madras

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday hailed ‘Tamil civilisation as a great civilisation’ and said the harvest festival is celebrated in different names across the country. Pradhan, on Wednesday, took part in the Pongal celebrations along with the staff, faculty and students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Extending his greetings to the audience gathered at the venue in Tamil, Pradhan said, “Many parts of our country, all the citizens of our country celebrate today the same festival of harvest.”