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Overhead photo of a terracotta pot placed on sand beside two red bricks decorated with white painted geometric patterns and small red-and-yellow dots. A white painted pattern is also visible on the sand at right. The pot has three horizontal white stripes and a red dot. No people are visible in the scene, and no a person candidate appears.

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January 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 copiesA 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.2018-01-14December 17 20062006-12-17January 14 20132013-01-14January 16 20192019-01-16Pongal cooking ritual outdoors under a pavilion: two clay pots decorated with white painted patterns sit on brick hearths ringed with marigold garlands and white kolam designs on the ground. Sugarcane stalks with leaves tied overhead frame the pots. A woman in a pink blouse and green-and-gold sari kneels and tends a flame beneath one pot, while a woman in a rust-brown sari stands at left smiling. Behind them, women in orange, purple and yellow saris stand on red mats and a woman in white sits, watching.2018-01-14A photograph of Pongal rice being cooked in a large dark clay pot over an open wood fire. A hand in the upper right holds a long metal ladle stirring the steaming white rice and milk. Dry straw lies behind the stove, and a second clay pot sits to the left. The wearer of the orange-red cloth at the right edge is partly visible and no face is shown. This is a Mattu Pongal preparation scene with no visible deity, throne or ritual setup beyond the cooking.2019-01-16Overhead view of a terracotta Pongal pot set on a dirt ground decorated with white rangoli kolam lines. The clay pot's rim is empty, and its body and neck are wrapped in a garland of yellow marigold-type flowers with red rose buds, with green leaves at the neck. Dried twigs and a turmeric-like root with leaves lie around it, with a brass plate and clay items at the lower edge. No people are visible. The scene reflects a Pongal harvest offering setup.2018-01-14A dark metal pot of boiling milk sits on a small clay stove built from stacked yellow-ochre bricks, with flames licking beneath it and steam rising. Two bricks are dusted with turmeric and white powder, and one has a white painted circle. Behind the stove a person in orange-red robes stirs with a long ladle and holds a brass vessel, and a second robed figure is partly visible at the top. The setting is an outdoor ground of sandy earth, consistent with a Pongal cooking ritual.2019-01-16December 23 20102010-12-23January 15 20182018-01-15