Actor turned politician Rajnikanth wishes fans Happy, healthy and peaceful Pongal

Actor turned politician Rajnikanth greeted his fans outside his residence on the occasion of Pongal on Tuesday. The South Indian superstar wished his fans a very happy, healthy and peaceful Pongal.

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Chennai: Actor turned politician Rajnikanth greeted his fans outside his residence on the occasion of Pongal on Tuesday. The South Indian superstar wished his fans a very happy, healthy and peaceful Pongal. The new year has brought a lot of joy and delight to most of Rajni's fans as his latest movie Petta turned out to be blockbuster despite releasing on the same day as Ajith's Viswasam. Petta, directed by Karthik Subbaraj, has crossed Rs 100-crore mark at the worldwide box office collection. From Kabali to Petta, Rajinikanth has delivered four back-to-back hits and all the four films crossed Rs 100-crore mark effortlessly . Pongal is the only festival of Hindu that follows a solar calendar and is celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year. Pongal has astronomical significance: it marks the beginning of Uttarayana, the Sun's movement northward for a six month period. In Hinduism, Uttarayana is considered auspicious, as opposed to Dakshinaayana, or the southern movement of the sun. All important events are scheduled during this period. Makara Sankranthi refers to the event of the Sun entering the zodiac sign of Makara or Capricorn. The four-day harvest festival of Pongal, is observed in the month of Thai and is being celebrated by Indians across the world, especially in Tamil Nadu. The festival celebrates the harvesting of crops including sugarcane, rice and turmeric and falls around the same time as Lohri and Makar Sankranti in mid-January each year. On the occasion of Pongal, filmmaker S Shankar on Tuesday came out with the first look poster of his next movie, Indian 2 featuring actor-politician Kamal Haasan. Shankar took to Twitter to share the poster and extended Pongal wishes to everyone. Via the poster, it was revealed that the project will go on the floors from Friday.