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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.

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January 15 20182018-01-15Close-up photograph of a Pongal cooking pot, a dark terracotta pot with a garland of white, yellow and red flowers tied around its neck, set over an open wood fire on a brick hearth. Sugarcane stalks lean beside the pot, a fresh green leaf and a plant with roots sit at left, and a large copper vessel stands in the background. Flames rise from the fire.2018-01-15A 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 copiesJanuary 14 20182018-01-14January 15 20182018-01-15January 15 20182018-01-15Pongal 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.2018-01-14January 15 20182018-01-15January 15 20182018-01-15A clay pot is set over a fire on a small brick hearth, with flames rising around its base. The pot is wrapped with a garland of white, yellow and red flowers and has a sprig of green leaves and turmeric-like roots at its side. Sugarcane stalks lean at the right edge and dry twigs lie on the ground. This is a pongal cooking pot being boiled in a rural outdoor setting, with no people visible.2018-01-15January 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14