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Outdoor photograph of a pongal celebration at dusk in front of a hill. A tall rough stone pillar with a large dark clay pot on top stands in the centre. Two dark clay pots sit over open wood fires at its base, with smoke rising. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers stands at left, watching the fires. Banana leaves hang from the top, colourful balloons are tied to a pole at right, and red-and-white painted curbs surround the platform. Parked white vehicles and a row of uniformed people in dark clothing stand behind a tin-roofed building. Plain layout, mostly open sky and green hills.

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Outdoor photo at dusk of two large black clay pots boiling over wood fires on brick hearths, with a tall grey stone pillar standing between them. Banana leaves frame the top left and right, and a cluster of colourful balloons in pink, orange, yellow and red hangs on the right. Behind is a hill, a low-roofed open hall with a tiled roof, and rows of dark seats lined with red and white striped platforms. White-painted plinths sit at the corners, and the scene suggests a Pongal cooking celebration in Tiruvannamalai.2011-01-15January 15 20112011-01-15January 15 20112011-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration in a courtyard with banana plants tied with balloons in red, blue, yellow, purple and orange. A seated man in a white shirt tends a clay-pot cooking fire on a red-and-white bordered platform, with a large clay pot and steel vessels beside it. Other men in white shirts and a woman in a white sari with a striped border stand nearby. Rows of dark clay pots and a seated figure in orange and yellow garlands are visible on the steps behind. A small sign is propped against the platform. Trees and a hillside form the backdrop at dusk.2011-01-15January 15 20112011-01-15January 15 20112011-01-15A large reddish-brown clay pot sits on a stack of bricks over a small wood fire on a paved outdoor courtyard, with smoke rising from its mouth. Bamboo or sugarcane poles lean in from the frame edges, and a person wearing white clothing with a gold-and-brown patterned border stands partly visible at the left, their bare foot showing. Faint blue-and-white kolam or rangoli powder designs decorate the pavement near the fire.2013-01-14January 15 20112011-01-15January 15 20112011-01-15January 15 20112011-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration at a temple-like courtyard with a hill behind. On the left, two clay pots boil over wood fires built on brick hearths, steam rising from the pot in front. On a tiered red-and-white platform stands a row of many black shivalinga, with a central seated figure draped in marigold garlands, wearing white clothing, its face not clearly visible. A woman in a cream sari with a yellow shawl stands at right, hands folded in front of her, beside a banana plant with purple and orange balloons. Strings of mango leaves are strung overhead, and a low orange-roofed building with parked SUVs lies in the background.2011-01-15Outdoor ritual scene at dusk beside a raised stone platform with a mango tree overhead and colourful balloons tied to its trunk. A man in a saffron-orange robe, with bare upper arms and shaved head, holds a brass plate of offerings and extends one hand toward a steaming vessel on the ground. Beside him a smiling man in a white shirt and black trousers holds a plate, and a woman in a yellow shawl and a woman in a white sari with gold border stand nearby. A smoking fire pit or cooking vessel is in the foreground, with flower garlands and a shrine with a deity murti at left. Hills are visible in the background.2011-01-01