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Kerala Pongal Holidays - Kerala Holidays For Pongal - Kerala Pongal Holidays Declared - Kerala decided is ready to declare Pongal Holiday
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Saturday requested the Kerala government to declare local holiday in its border districts for Pongal festival and Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan has today (2011-01-12)informed that holiday would be declared in five districts for the Pongal festival as per the request of Tamil Nadu CM M. Karunanidhi. Speaking to the reporters after the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, VS added that holiday would be declared in Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Idukki and Wayanad districts.

‘As you may be aware, the Tamil Nadu government is declaring local holiday every year for Onam festival for Chennai, the Nilgiris, Kanyakumari, Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts of Tamil Nadu for benefit of Malayalam-speaking people living in these districts,’ the letter notes. In a letter, Karunanidhi had earlier asked his Kerala counterpart V.S. Achuthanandan to declare a local holiday in Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Idduki, Pathanamthitta and Wayanad districts so that Tamils living there can celebrate the festival falling this month.