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Outdoor Pongal festival scene with a rustic clay pot (pongal pot) decorated with white painted markings and green leaves, set over a wood-fired hearth of sticks and bricks with flames visible. A bronze lamp with a flame stands at left beside a brass vessel. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand in front: a woman at left with long dark hair and gold beads, and a man at right with shaved head, gold beaded necklace and a red-and-gold sash, holding a white cloth. Behind them, people in white dhotis with yellow cloths and a woman in green sari stand near a white structure and tree.

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January 14 20102010-01-14Outdoor Hindu ritual scene shot in landscape after rotation: a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a heavy gold-beaded necklace stands at the front, gesturing toward a fire pit of stacked wood logs with a lit flame. Behind him a man in orange and yellow sits on a low platform with a brass ritual vessel, and another man in orange with a green-bordered cloth and glasses sits behind, with a white-clad figure and a brass lamp stand. Terracotta pots with painted white markings and a brass aarti or pooja tray hold offerings. A white building and trees form the background.2010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14Outdoor Pongal festival scene at an ashram. In the foreground, a figure in long dark hair and an orange robe with a strand of gold-coloured beaded necklace stands at a stone platform, holding a steel tray of offerings. Behind a clay pot with leaves and a visible fire of wood, a man in orange robes and rudraksha beads prepares offerings. Clay pots of boiled rice sit beside a fruit plate and brass lamp. Around them, devotees in white, cream and orange-yellow clothing stand with hands folded in prayer, including an elderly bearded sadhu with long matted hair in orange at left. White walls and trees form the background.2010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14Outdoor ritual scene at a white-walled ashram courtyard with a flower bed behind a low wall. In the foreground, two terracotta pots with leaves and white painted markings sit on a brick hearth, with a brass oil lamp and steel bowls nearby. A man in a long-haired, shoulder-length style wears an orange robe and a garland of beads and gold-coloured ornaments; he holds a brass bell and extends it toward the lamp. Beside him, a bald man in an orange robe and orange head wrap stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them, a bearded man in white with a yellow shawl holds a brass vessel, and other devotees in white and yellow stand in the background, some with hands folded. A woman in an orange sari with green border also joins in with folded hands on the left. The scene suggests a ritual offering being performed.2010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14A photograph of a Pongal-style outdoor fire offering at an ashram courtyard. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears a full orange saffron robe and a gold-bead necklace, reaching his hands over a clay pot set over a fire of logs. Behind him, a robed attendant in orange also tends the offering, and a row of devotees in orange, white and yellow clothing stands with palms pressed together. A brass oil lamp, a bowl of fruit and a brass vessel sit on the table. Wall lettering in Hindi/Devanagari is visible at the top right.2010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14Outdoor Pongal ritual near a whitewashed wall. Two terracotta pots decorated with turmeric leaves and white painted patterns sit on a brick base beside fruit and a plate. A man in orange robes with a long-haired, swept-back style and a gold multi-bead garland holds a brass oil lamp and bell during the aarti while a second orange-robed priest with a shaved head, glasses and gold beaded mala presses palms together. An older man with a long white beard wears white with a yellow shawl and joins hands. Women in orange and green saris stand behind, one with a plastic bag, and another orange-robed attendant bells at right. Flames rise from the lamp on the ground.2010-01-14