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Outdoor Pongal celebration at a temple-style courtyard with a clay pot cooking over a brick hearth on the right and a second pot on a brick stove at center, milk boiling over. A man in an orange dhoti and shawl stands at left with arms folded and a rudraksha mala. In the foreground, a person with dark hair wears a green leaf garland and an orange shawl, seen from behind. Behind them, a row of people in white dhotis and shirts stand under a mango-leaf and banana-leaf torana, with a woman in a red-and-white sari at left and a potted kalasha on a pillar at center. Dry firewood and sugarcane pieces lie by the fire.

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January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal cooking ritual under palm trees. A woman in orange sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace leans over a small brick hearth, stirring a black clay pot of boiling rice with a wooden stick while sugarcane stalks are tied vertically around the pot. A man in white dhoti and shirt sits at left with hands clasped, another man in cream clothing crouches by the fire, and several people in orange clothing stand in the background. Blue and yellow powder designs decorate the ground, and firewood and ash surround the hearth.2016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration in a courtyard with a clay pot of boiling milk set over a brick hearth, smoke rising. Sugarcane stalks are tied at the top to form a canopy over the fire. A man in white kneels at the hearth tending the flame, while another man in white bends over the pot. Women and young people in saffron and orange saris and dhotis, some with rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces, stand and sit around the fire. Men in white shirts and dhotis watch from the background beneath a tree. Offerings and steel vessels sit on the ground near a woven basket.2016-01-15January 15 20112011-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration at a covered open-sided courtyard: a clay pot of rice sits on a brick hearth with a wood fire and smoke, bound to a tripod of sugarcane stalks. A man in cream kurta with a rudraksha-style cord kneels at the fire stirring with a stick. Women in orange and maroon saris with rudraksha malas stand around the pot, one in white sari bending over it. Several onlookers in white and orange stand behind, and a flower garland rests on a stone platform at right.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration on a paved courtyard under a open pavilion with palm trees behind. Two clay pots are set over a small wood fire on brick supports, with bamboo or sugarcane stalks tied in a tripod frame beside them. A woman in orange sari crouches at the fire, and a man in white dhoti and shirt kneels to tend the flames. Several devotees in white and orange saris, gold-bordered clothes and garlands stand watching. A cameraman and a man in orange robe are visible in the background, along with a seated person in orange. Sand mounds and small stone pots sit on the floor.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15