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A photograph of a sadhu seated low on a stone or brick ledge in an open-sided shed with a corrugated roof, sunlight blazing through the opening behind him. He wears white dhoti-style cloth with an orange-and-gold border, bare upper body with dark bead bracelets on his wrists and a rudraksha mala, and his head and face are partly turned toward a large terracotta pot with steam rising from it over a small fire. Dust-covered ground and blurred cattle are visible in the background. Whether this is a person is uncertain from appearance; the figure is described by role as a priest tending the pot.

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A photograph of a person in white ritual clothing crouched beside a large clay pot with steam rising from its mouth, under a sunlit shed roof. The person wears a beaded or rudraksha-style necklace and a wrapped arm band, and has long hair tied back. Behind the pot, blurred figures sit in the background. The scene resembles a traditional Pongal cooking preparation in an open outdoor setting. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2019-01-16January 16 20192019-01-16A photograph of a Pongal cooking scene outdoors in bright sunlight. A man crouches on sandy ground wearing a white dhoti with gold border and an orange-red sacred thread across his bare chest, with a white vibhuti line on his forehead and rudraksha-style beaded bracelets on his wrist. He tends a clay pot of boiling rice set on a brick stove, with wood sticks laid beside it and smoke rising. A woman in a red sari with gold bangles and red-and-gold bangle stacks leans in from the right to attend the pot. A white canopy overhead softens the light.2019-01-16January 15 20162016-01-15December 31 20062006-12-31January 15 20162016-01-15A 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.2013-01-14Close view of a Pongal ritual: a dark clay pot with a white-topped rim sits on a stack of brick blocks over an open flame, with sugarcane stalks tied as posts around it. Steam rises from the pot. Behind it, a person in white cloth and orange-robed figures stand partly out of frame, with a bangle visible on an arm at the top. The fire and pot suggest a Pongal boiling offering.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15December 31 20062006-12-31January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copies