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Close view of a Pongal cooking pot, a clay vessel filled with boiling milk that foams over the rim, its base wrapped in green banana leaves. A hand wearing a bangle at the upper left pours or stirs rice grains from a metal vessel into the pot. A tall green sugarcane stalk stands at the right beside the pot, with steam rising around the scene.

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Close photo of a Pongal cooking ritual: a hand with silver bangles stirs boiling milk in a wide clay pot with a spoon. The pot rests on a clay vessel wrapped in green leaves, with a sugarcane stalk standing beside it and steam rising around it. No people's faces are visible, only the hand and wrist.2016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 14 20172017-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Close-up photograph of a clay pot boiling over with white frothy milk, steam rising around it. The pot's rim is wrapped with green leaves and tied with fibrous plant strands. The background is blurred, showing a warm reddish-brown surface and smoke. This matches a Pongal cooking scene, where milk is boiled over an open fire in a clay pot. No people or a person are visible in the frame.2016-01-15A close photo of a Pongal rice dish cooking in a clay pot set on bricks over a wood fire. A hand sprinkles or pours rice grains into the pot, whose rim is frothing with boiled milk running down the sides. Scattered firewood, a basket of cinnamon-like sticks, and a brass vessel surround the fire on a paved ground. Only a hand and arm are visible, wearing a silver bangle and a strand of rudraksha beads; no face or full body is shown.2017-01-14Close-up photograph of a Pongal cooking pot, a dark brown earthen clay pot with a reddish rim and fresh green leaves tied around its neck, set over a fire. A hand grips a wooden stirring spoon and stirs white boiling milk in the pot, with steam rising above it. A sugarcane stalk leans against the right edge, and the background is pale and blurred. No people's faces are visible, only the hand. The scene shows the traditional Pongal rice-and-milk preparation for the harvest festival.2016-01-15A photograph of a traditional clay pot of Pongal rice cooking over an open fire. A hand holds a wooden stirring spoon in the pot, which is wrapped with green leaves at its rim. The rice mixture is pale yellow with orange lentil pieces, and steam rises around it. A second hand with a braided bracelet rests on the pot's side, and a bare arm wears a white garment at the edge of the frame. Pongal is the harvest festival of sweet rice cooked in a clay pot. No a person is visible in this close-up of the cooking.2017-01-14December 31 20092009-12-31January 14 20172017-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15A close photograph of a Pongal ritual: a clay pot filled with milk and rice boils over on a small brick hearth, with milk spilling down its sides onto the yellow-ochre bricks. A person's hands with bangles and henna-like markings hold the pot's rim and sprinkle or stir its contents, while dry sticks and burning embers lie on the paved ground. Pongal, the overflowing-milk harvest offering, is visibly performed here. The image shows no clearly visible face of a person, and no identifiable person in the scene is confirmed as him.2017-01-14