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Close photo of a Pongal cooking ritual: a hand with silver bangles stirs boiling milk in a wide clay pot with a spoon. The pot rests on a clay vessel wrapped in green leaves, with a sugarcane stalk standing beside it and steam rising around it. No people's faces are visible, only the hand and wrist.

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Close view of a Pongal cooking pot, a clay vessel filled with boiling milk that foams over the rim, its base wrapped in green banana leaves. A hand wearing a bangle at the upper left pours or stirs rice grains from a metal vessel into the pot. A tall green sugarcane stalk stands at the right beside the pot, with steam rising around the scene.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 14 20172017-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15Close-up photograph of a Pongal cooking pot, a dark brown earthen clay pot with a reddish rim and fresh green leaves tied around its neck, set over a fire. A hand grips a wooden stirring spoon and stirs white boiling milk in the pot, with steam rising above it. A sugarcane stalk leans against the right edge, and the background is pale and blurred. No people's faces are visible, only the hand. The scene shows the traditional Pongal rice-and-milk preparation for the harvest festival.2016-01-15A close photo of a Pongal rice dish cooking in a clay pot set on bricks over a wood fire. A hand sprinkles or pours rice grains into the pot, whose rim is frothing with boiled milk running down the sides. Scattered firewood, a basket of cinnamon-like sticks, and a brass vessel surround the fire on a paved ground. Only a hand and arm are visible, wearing a silver bangle and a strand of rudraksha beads; no face or full body is shown.2017-01-14January 14 20172017-01-14A photograph of a traditional clay pot of Pongal rice cooking over an open fire. A hand holds a wooden stirring spoon in the pot, which is wrapped with green leaves at its rim. The rice mixture is pale yellow with orange lentil pieces, and steam rises around it. A second hand with a braided bracelet rests on the pot's side, and a bare arm wears a white garment at the edge of the frame. Pongal is the harvest festival of sweet rice cooked in a clay pot. No a person is visible in this close-up of the cooking.2017-01-14A close photograph of a Pongal ritual: a clay pot filled with milk and rice boils over on a small brick hearth, with milk spilling down its sides onto the yellow-ochre bricks. A person's hands with bangles and henna-like markings hold the pot's rim and sprinkle or stir its contents, while dry sticks and burning embers lie on the paved ground. Pongal, the overflowing-milk harvest offering, is visibly performed here. The image shows no clearly visible face of a person, and no identifiable person in the scene is confirmed as him.2017-01-14Close photo of a Pongal ritual: a clay pot filled with milk boiling over a clay stove of stacked yellow bricks, steam rising, with a fresh green banana-leaf wrapped around its rim and a sugarcane stalk standing beside it. A woman in an orange sari with a gold bangle kneels at the right edge, one hand reaching toward the pot. A wooden ladle lies on the ground and a woven basket sits in the corner. White kolam rangoli lines decorate the ground around the stove. No face of a main subject is visible, and no identifiable person is shown.2017-01-14January 14 20172017-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15