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Ahead of the Pongal festival, which volition beryllium celebrated connected Thursday (January 15, 2026), markets and impermanent shops successful Erode territory witnessed dense footfall arsenic radical rushed to acquisition essentials. Bus stands and the railway presumption were crowded with passengers travelling to their autochthonal places for the celebrations.
The four-day festival commenced with Bhogi Pongal connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026), followed by Thai Pongal connected Thursday, Mattu Pongal connected Friday (January 16, 2026) and Kaanum Pongal connected Saturday (January 17, 2026).
From aboriginal greeting connected Wednesday, shoppers thronged the Nethaji Daily Vegetable and Fruit Market and Uzhavar Sandhai to bargain turmeric bunches, coconuts, sugarcane, banana leaves, ash gourd, vegetables, fruits and different items required for the festival. Temporary stalls selling rangoli powders, earthen pots, jaggery and related items reported bully income passim the day. However, a thoroughfare vendor astatine Panneerselvam Park said concern remained sluggish compared with erstwhile years owed to the prevailing upwind but expressed anticipation for amended income connected Thursday. Stocks were capable to conscionable request successful the coming days. Shops on R.K.V. Road, Manikoondu and different bazaar streets became engaged by day arsenic radical hurried to implicit purchases amid fears of rain.
Congestion prevailed passim the time astatine the Corporation’s Central Bus Terminal owed to the cognition of peculiar buses for the festival. The railway junction besides witnessed dense rider movement. Police unit were deployed astatine cardinal locations to modulate postulation and negociate crowds.
In Salem, bazaar streets saw a akin unreserved arsenic radical crowded shops to bargain festival essentials. Both autobus stands reported congestion owing to peculiar autobus services, portion the railway presumption witnessed dense rider movement.
