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A photograph of a person in an orange-saffron robe standing beside a clay pot boiling over an open wood fire on the ground, the pot containing milk or rice being stirred or poured. The person wears a crossbody saffron cloth, a dark braided hair bun, a white forehead mark, and a metal bangle on the wrist. Behind, another person in a purple garment and gold bangles is partially visible at the edge. Stacked clay bricks frame the hearth, with dry straw and sticks around it.

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January 16 20192019-01-16November 12 20082008-11-12January 14 20102010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14November 12 20082008-11-12A woman in an orange sari with a white forehead mark and red bindi tends a yellow clay pot on a brick hearth, the pot topped with a green leaf and a flame burning beneath it, as is typical of a Pongal boiling ritual. Sugarcane stalks stand on either side of the pot, and a basket of dry plant material sits at lower left. Behind her, several people in orange and white robes stand with hands folded, and a colourful kolam floor design is visible. A red pillar frames the right edge. Visible people: about five, mostly in orange and white attire.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration on bare earth. A woman in white with a grey-streaked bun kneels and places palm fronds and straw into a red clay pot set in the ground, which holds a small steel plate of milk. Beside it a second clay pot is set in the earth. Behind them stands a line of people in white dhotis, white shirts and saris, some with hands folded in prayer. A young man in saffron-orange robes holds a steel plate of pink flower petals and a lit lamp, and another monastic in saffron stands at right with a saffron shawl. Dry palm leaves lie on the ground, and a plastic water jug and pale blue houses appear in the background.2009-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15A clay pot of boiling milk rests on a stack of mud bricks over a small fire, with sugarcane stalks tied around it for a Pongal ritual. Steam rises from the pot, which has yellow turmeric paste streaks and a banana or mango leaf at its rim. On the left a person in white clothes with rudraksha malas kneels and holds a steel ladle beside a clay pot. On the right, partially visible people in saffron-orange robes sit near the fire. The tiles are decorated with coloured powder. a person is not clearly visible; the figures are shown only partially.2016-01-15A photograph of a devotee in orange sannyasi-style robes performing a gau puja, waving a lit oil lamp before a brown cow with curved horns. Behind, another person in orange with long dark hair and a beaded necklace stands near more cattle, some decorated with yellow flower garlands. A woman in an orange sari with rudraksha and beaded bracelets stands at the centre, with a basket of flowers at lower left. The setting is a dusty street with sunlight and smoke.2019-01-16