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January 16 2019

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A photograph of a Pongal cooking scene outdoors in bright sunlight. A man crouches on sandy ground wearing a white dhoti with gold border and an orange-red sacred thread across his bare chest, with a white vibhuti line on his forehead and rudraksha-style beaded bracelets on his wrist. He tends a clay pot of boiling rice set on a brick stove, with wood sticks laid beside it and smoke rising. A woman in a red sari with gold bangles and red-and-gold bangle stacks leans in from the right to attend the pot. A white canopy overhead softens the light.2019-01-16A photograph of a person in white ritual clothing crouched beside a large clay pot with steam rising from its mouth, under a sunlit shed roof. The person wears a beaded or rudraksha-style necklace and a wrapped arm band, and has long hair tied back. Behind the pot, blurred figures sit in the background. The scene resembles a traditional Pongal cooking preparation in an open outdoor setting. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2019-01-16A photograph of a sadhu seated low on a stone or brick ledge in an open-sided shed with a corrugated roof, sunlight blazing through the opening behind him. He wears white dhoti-style cloth with an orange-and-gold border, bare upper body with dark bead bracelets on his wrists and a rudraksha mala, and his head and face are partly turned toward a large terracotta pot with steam rising from it over a small fire. Dust-covered ground and blurred cattle are visible in the background. Whether this is a person is uncertain from appearance; the figure is described by role as a priest tending the pot.2019-01-16December 17 20112011-12-17A bare-chested man sits cross-legged in a Maheshwara Puja setting, holding a lit wick or ritual flame to a black stone lingam-shaped object while smoke rises. He wears layered red and green rudraksha-style malas, a silver chain, small earrings, white ash/sandal markings on forehead and arms, and a white dhoti. A gold bangle and a small brass vessel are in his hands. Behind him, rows of lit brass oil lamps glow on dark stone steps.2016-12-18A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-edged border kneels at a square homa fire pit, feeding offerings into flames with a long metal ladle. He wears a gold necklace and a white tilaka on his forehead. Silver pots and a kalasha-style vessel sit on the stone ledge, with green plants and a red-and-white striped wall behind him. Other people are partly visible at the left. This is a fire ritual scene. The priest's identity cannot be determined from appearance.2011-12-17December 17 20112011-12-17A bare-chested man with a white tilak on his forehead and arms holds a lit oil lamp or ritual flame in his right hand, with smoke rising from it. He wears rudraksha and multicoloured beaded malas around his neck, gold bangles and earrings. Behind him are blurred dark stone shrines and small lamps, and to the left a person in white cloth is partly visible. The setting suggests a ritual puja or aarti.2016-12-18A homa fire ritual in progress. Two priests sit cross-legged in white dhotis with golden borders and bare upper bodies, one wearing a beaded necklace, both with gold bangles. The right priest holds a brass plate and a ladle-like spoon over a flaming fire pit built from brick-like blocks decorated with white and red patterns. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks stand at the left edge, along with small brass bowls and a metal vessel. The foreground is warmly lit with glowing flames.2012-02-09A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders sits at a black fire pit, holding a ladle over a flame in a homa or yagna. A gold rudraksha-style mala hangs at his neck and he wears a bracelet. Brass bowls of offerings, yellow flowers, and a kalasha-like vessel sit on the stone ledge. Behind him, musicians play a flute and a drum, and a man in a white shirt and red-and-white lungi stands with hands folded. Orange-red walls and green foliage form the background.2011-12-17A bare-chested man in a rust-orange turban and rust-orange dhoti-shawl performs a homa at a fire pit built from yellow-painted bricks. He wears multiple rudraksha malas, a ceremonial gold necklace and a rudraksha armlet, with white ash markings on his upper arm and shoulder. He stirs or offers with a long wooden ladle into the flames, while a silver bowl sits beside the pit. Behind him are a carved wooden door with brass studs and a plaster wall. Decorated kalasha-style pots with yellow fabric and pink flowers stand at left.2018-04-26 +1 copiesMay 02 20172017-05-02