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A photograph of a Pongal offering on the ground. A woman in a green sari with a red-and-gold border pours liquid from a clay vessel into a large earthen pot decorated with a garland of yellow and red flowers. Beside it, a banana leaf holds offerings of white rice, sweet and savoury preparations, and fried vadai. A clay bowl sits on another banana leaf, and a kolam design with a flower garland lies along the edge of the red mat. No a person is visible.

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January 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14January 15 20182018-01-15January 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14Pongal cooking ritual outdoors under a pavilion: two clay pots decorated with white painted patterns sit on brick hearths ringed with marigold garlands and white kolam designs on the ground. Sugarcane stalks with leaves tied overhead frame the pots. A woman in a pink blouse and green-and-gold sari kneels and tends a flame beneath one pot, while a woman in a rust-brown sari stands at left smiling. Behind them, women in orange, purple and yellow saris stand on red mats and a woman in white sits, watching.2018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14Pongal cooking setup on bare reddish earth: a large dark clay pot filled with boiling milk spilling down its sides sits on a stack of orange-yellow mud bricks over a small fire. The pot is garlanded with yellow marigolds and red flowers, with turmeric roots and green leaves tied at its rim. Sugarcane stalks stand on either side, and a white kolam rangoli pattern with more flower garlands surrounds the hearth. No people are visible.2018-01-14A brown cow and a brown bull, decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands, banana-leaf strings and red kumkum on their foreheads, eat from a banana leaf offering on the ground. The leaf holds bananas, cooked rice and sweets. A man with a shaved head, partly visible at the left edge, stands beside the animals. On the right, a person in an orange dhoti with gold border stands on a striped floor mat, and a brass vessel with red kumkum sits at the lower right. The scene reflects a Mattu Pongal cattle offering.2018-01-15A photograph of a traditional South Indian vegetarian meal served on a green banana leaf laid over a colourful woven striped mat on the ground. Portions include a small mound of white rice, a yellow lentil dal, golden fried vadas arranged in a cluster, a green vegetable poriyal, a dark sauteed vegetable dish, a spiced orange and brown vegetable mix, and a small yellow chutney or pickle. Sand or dirt lies at the top edge, with another leaf partly visible at the top right. No people are visible.2018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14December 20 20152015-12-20 +1 copies