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Outdoor Pongal harvest ritual in a courtyard with a red brick wall and trees behind. Three upright sugarcane stalks are tied at their tops and stand over clay pots with turmeric-tied necks on brick bases. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands barefoot at left, holding a hand near a pot. A man in a white dhoti with a gold waistband and a bare chest, wearing a dark necklace, stands at right beside the sugarcane. Behind them, people in saffron-orange robes hold up ornate orange umbrella-shaped canopies embroidered with red, blue and gold motifs and bird emblems. Several people are visible, in white and orange clothing.

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January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration in a covered courtyard with a paved floor. Around him, women and sannyasis in saffron-orange saris and robes stand or kneel. A woman in a white sari kneels before a yellow clay pot with a steel vessel, a ritual pongal boiling setup. Sugarcane stalks tied with leaves frame the pots, and colourful rangoli kolams and red-and-blue striped mats cover the floor. Golden umbrellas with red and blue panels shade the area, and a red pillar stands at right.2016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor ritual photograph on bare earth with a fire pit in the foreground holding a kalasha-like pot and sugarcane stalks tied in a tripod frame. Two figures in orange saffron garments stand on a pink and blue cloth mat before a brass plate and offerings, one holding a raised object. Behind them a large group of devotees in orange and white clothing, some with hands in anjali, stand beneath a row of colourful decorated umbrellas, with a brick wall and a parked vehicle in the background. Several young girls in orange dress stand at right. Kolam-style white designs mark the ground and stone basins sit at left.2016-01-16January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration in a courtyard with a clay pot of boiling milk set over a brick hearth, smoke rising. Sugarcane stalks are tied at the top to form a canopy over the fire. A man in white kneels at the hearth tending the flame, while another man in white bends over the pot. Women and young people in saffron and orange saris and dhotis, some with rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces, stand and sit around the fire. Men in white shirts and dhotis watch from the background beneath a tree. Offerings and steel vessels sit on the ground near a woven basket.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15