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A 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.

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January 15 20182018-01-15January 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.2018-01-15January 15 20182018-01-15A 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 20182018-01-14 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15January 14 20132013-01-14January 15 20182018-01-15Close view of a homa fire set on a brick hearth on a tiled floor. A round brass pot with a domed lid sits atop the stacked bricks, its rim wrapped in white flower garlands with red petals. Wood pieces burn underneath with visible flames and smoke rising. Scattered yellow marigold flowers and rose petals lie around the hearth, with a brass bowl and a steel tumbler at the edges. No people are visible.2015-07-17January 14 20182018-01-14A 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.2018-01-14