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Pongal cooking set-up on bare earth: two clay pots with white painted geometric lines and garlands of yellow marigolds and red roses sit on stacked mud bricks over open wood fires. Flames rise beneath the pots, and a ring of yellow and red flowers and white kolam lines surrounds the hearth. Bamboo poles and orange and red fabric hang in the background. No people are visible, and no speaker or a person is shown.

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Close view of a dark clay pot set over a fire on two bricks, with flames licking its base. The pot is wrapped with a garland of yellow and white flowers and red roses, with green leaves and a sprig of turmeric or similar root tucked beside it. Dirt or ash is packed around the bricks. In the background a larger metal pot sits over another fire, and a sugarcane stalk leans in from the right while a hand reaches toward the stove. This shows a Pongal-style cooking pot being prepared for the Mattu Pongal festival offering, with no clearly visible people in the frame apart from the hand.2018-01-15January 15 20182018-01-15January 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14 +1 copiesJanuary 14 20182018-01-14A clay Pongal pot filled with dark boiling liquid sits on a stack of yellow-painted bricks with white wave and zigzag patterns. Yellow marigold garlands and red roses wrap its rim, and green leaves lie across the mouth. Dry sugarcane stalks and firewood sticks surround the base on reddish earth, with loose petals scattered nearby. No people or a person are visible in this photograph of the Pongal cooking arrangement.2018-01-14 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20182018-01-21A photograph of a Pongal cooking setup on bare earth: an earthen pot with white painted patterns and a yellow and red marigold garland around its rim sits on a clay stove of stacked yellow-brown bricks, with a flame burning beneath it. A ring of yellow and red flower garlands and white kolam lines surround the stove, with sugarcane stalks leaning at the sides and a pile of dry sticks on the right. A red cloth lies behind, with bare feet partly visible at the top edge. No people are shown in full.2018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14 +1 copiesA clay pot of boiling milk sits on a brick hearth over an open wood fire during a Pongal cooking offering. The dark earthen pot is garlanded with yellow and white chrysanthemum-type flowers and red roses, and its rim is spilling foam. A sugarcane stalk with leaves leans against the right side of the hearth. The bricks are marked with white kolam-style lines and smeared with turmeric-colored paste, with a few red petals scattered on them. Blurred background shows other ritual items and cloth. No people are visible.2018-01-15 +1 copies