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A woman in a green and orange striped sari pours milk from a steel vessel into a dark clay pot set over a fire on brick supports for Pongal, the Makara Sankranti harvest festival. The pot is decorated with red roses, leafy green stalks and yellow flowers, with sugarcane stalks standing on either side and marigold petals scattered on the ground. Her wrists carry gold and red bangles. Behind is a red draped cloth. Only her arms and sari are visible; no face appears in frame.

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ADIKAILASA on 1/14/20222022-01-14ADIKAILASA on 1/14/20222022-01-14A photograph of a Pongal cooking ritual outdoors. A black clay pot rests on a stack of red-and-white marked clay bricks over a wood fire, with flames and smoke rising beneath it. The pot is decorated with red roses and marigolds and holds green leaves and turmeric-like stalks at its mouth. Sugarcane stalks stand at the corners of the frame, and a woman in a green and yellow sari with red bangles tends the fire at left. Scattered yellow marigold petals and a steel bowl lie on the ground. Gold printed caption text along the bottom reads Pongal Celebrations 2022 and Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi Kailash.2022-01-14Close view of a Pongal offering at a clay pot set on brick bases. Two women in saris are pouring rice from a brass vessel into the pot, which is wrapped with green leaves and marigold and red flower garlands, with smoke rising from it. Stalks of sugarcane stand on either side and a yellow-orange marigold garland lies at the lower right. One woman wears a lime-green striped sari with bangles, the other an orange sari with a pendant necklace. Only the women's arms, hands and lower bodies are visible. Golden text along the bottom reads Pongal Celebrations 2022 and Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adhi Kailash.2022-01-14Pongal cooking ritual for Makara Sankranti: a clay pot of milk boiling over a brick hearth with rising steam, its rim decorated with yellow flowers and green leaves. A woman in a red and gold sari and gold bangles, seen from the side, holds a brass bowl and sprinkles or adds ingredients toward the pot. Sugarcane stalks stand beside the fire, and a red and striped cloth backdrop hangs behind. A banner along the bottom reads makara sankranti - pongal celebrations.2021-01-13A clay pot of boiling milk or pongal rice sits on a wood fire for Pongal, decorated with red roses and green leaves around its rim. A hand in a bangle and beaded wristband stirs the contents with a long metal ladle. Sugarcane stalks stand at left, turmeric roots lie beside the pot, and yellow marigold garlands run across the ground. A steel bowl rests behind. A woman in a green striped sari is partly visible at right. The scene is outdoors at a Pongal celebration at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi Kailash. No a person candidate is visible.2022-01-14ADIKAILASA on 1/14/20222022-01-14A clay pot filled with white boiled rice sits on a fire of stacked mud bricks with flames and smoke rising from wood beneath it, a traditional Pongal cooking setup. The bricks have white and red markings on them. Sunlit ground surrounds the hearth, and another pot is partly visible at the top of the frame. No people are visible in this close view of the cooking hearth.2022-01-15A close photograph of a hand sprinkling golden grains into a clay pot of boiling milk during Pongal celebrations. The hand wears several green and gold bangles. The black clay pot is decorated with turmeric-yellow paste, a dark leaf wrapped around its neck, and streaks of colour. Behind it, a red cloth and sugarcane stalks stand in the background, with smoke rising from the pot. Text at the bottom reads Makara Sankranti - Pongal Celebrations.2021-01-13ADIKAILASA on 1/15/20222022-01-15KAILASA FAMILIA PORTUGUESA, PORTUGAL on 1/14/20182018-01-14 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15