Question 1

How many seeds do you need for Pallanguzhi?

Accepted Answer

70 seeds: 5 in each of the 14 pits. Some families play with 6 or 12 per pit for a longer game.

Question 2

How many players can play Pallanguzhi?

Accepted Answer

Pallanguzhi is a two-player game. Each player owns the row of seven pits nearest to them.

Question 3

What is pasu in Pallanguzhi?

Accepted Answer

Pasu (பசு, “cow”) is the rule that whenever a pit reaches exactly four seeds during sowing, those four seeds go immediately to the owner of that row.

Question 4

Which direction do you sow in Pallanguzhi?

Accepted Answer

Anticlockwise: left to right along your own row, then right to left along your opponent’s row.

Question 5

How do you win Pallanguzhi?

Accepted Answer

Collect more seeds than your opponent. With 70 seeds, more than 35 wins. The round ends when the player to move has no seeds on their row.