[Tel.] n. Rice boiled with milk. pongalipanduga a Hindu festival at which this dish is used, the Pongal feast, sankranti, sankramanamu, sankramanamu. cakkarapongali a savoury mess of rice, split pulse, spices, and sugar; a sacrifice of a goat or a fowl to a village goddess. pongalipettiri they offered a bloody sacrifice. H. v. 15.